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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2015;2(1):8–16. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2.1.2015.0127

Figure 1. Illustration of Adipose Tissue Compartments Measured of Chest CT Scans.

Figure 1

Panel A shows an abdominal axial slice at the first lumbar vertebrae level. The visceral adipose tissue was then segmented (B). A chest axial slice depicts the subcutaneous adipose tissue area segmented at aortic arch level (C) and the regions of interest (colored spots) on the liver and spleen in which the attenuation was measured (D).