RT Journal Article
T1 Automatic Analysis of Ultrasound Images to Estimate Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat and Muscle Tissue in Patients with Suspected Malnutrition.
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
A1 Arjona-Caballero, José María
A1 Olveira-Fuster, Gabriel María
A1 De Luis Román, Daniel
A1 Bellido-Guerrero, Diego
A1 García-Almeida, José Manuel
K1 Diagnóstico por imagen
K1 Malnutrición
K1 Cuerpo humano - Composición
K1 Músculos
K1 Visión por ordenador
K1 Inteligencia artificial
AB Background: Malnutrition is a prevalent condition associated with adversehealth outcomes, requiring the accurate assessment of muscle composition and fat distribution.Methods: This study presents a novel method for the automatic analysis ofultrasound images to estimate subcutaneous and visceral fat, as well as muscle, in patientswith suspected malnutrition. The proposed system utilizes computer vision techniques tosegment regions of interest (ROIs), calculate relevant variables, and store data for clinicalevaluation. Unlike traditional segmentation methods that rely solely on thresholding orpre-defined masks, our method employs an iterative hierarchical approach to refine contourdetection and improve localization accuracy. A dataset of abdominal and leg ultrasoundimages, captured in both longitudinal and transversal planes, was analyzed. Results: Results showed higher precision for longitudinal scans compared to transversal scans,particularly for length-related variables, with the Y-axis Vastus intermediate achieving aprecision of 92.87%. However, area-based measurements demonstrated lower precisiondue to differences between manual adjustments by experts and automatic geometric approximations.Conclusions: These findings highlight the system’s potential for clinical usewhile emphasizing the need for further algorithmic refinements to improve precision inarea calculations.
PB MDPI
YR 2025
FD 2025-04-13
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38475
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38475
LA eng
NO Cuesta-Vargas, A.; Arjona-Caballero, J.M.; Olveira, G.; de Luis Román, D.; Bellido-Guerrero, D.; García-Almeida, J.M. Automatic Analysis of Ultrasound Images to Estimate Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat and Muscle Tissue in Patients with Suspected Malnutrition. Diagnostics 2025, 15, 988. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15080988
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026