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. 2015 Mar 10;10(3):e0120598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120598

Fig 2. The image illustrates how the area of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) within the abdominal cavity (white line) was determined by CT scanning.

Fig 2

Pixels with the density of adipose tissue between −30 and −190 Hounsfield Units (HU) were included in the VAT area calculated automatically by the CT software. In the illustrative case, the VAT area is 110 cm2.