Introduction: The quantity of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is associated with cardiovascular risk,
coronary disease, and systemic inflammation. Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CCT)
is a prominent modality for the assessment of VAT surrounding the heart and inside
the thoracic cavity. We propose a fully automated approach to quantify both epicardial
adipose tissue (EAT) and thoracic adipose tissue (TAT) from CCT images.
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