Patent №
US 8,300,911
Granted
2012-10-30
Filed 2009
Owner
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12557285
Methods and apparatus for measuring visceral fat mass are provided. One method includes acquiring dual-energy two-dimensional (2D) scan information from a dual-energy x-ray scan of a body and generating a dual-energy image of the body using the 2D scan information. The method further includes identifying a region of interest using the dual-energy image and determining a subcutaneous fat mass for each of a plurality of sections of the region of interest. The method also includes determining a visceral fat mass for the region of interest based on the determined subcutaneous fat mass for each of the plurality of sections.
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Ownership
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
assignment · 232840862
Assignors
PAYNE, RANDALL, ERGUN, DAVID, WEAR, JAMES, WACKER, WYNN, BARDEN, HOWARD
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