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Measurement of subcutaneous fat thickness and vertebral body length at L6 on a right lateral radiographic view. Subcutaneous fat thickness is measured from the highest level of the spinous process to the skin-air interface at L3 (white arrow) and L6 (dashed arrow) vertebra. The length of L6 vertebra is measured from the shortest part of the vertebral midbody (black arrow).
