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Artificial intelligence‐based analysis of body composition in Marfan: skeletal muscle density and psoas muscle index predict aortic enlargement

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Patients with Marfan syndrome are at risk for aortic enlargement and are routinely monitored by computed tomography (CT) imaging. The purpose of this study is to analyse body composition using… Click to show full abstract

Patients with Marfan syndrome are at risk for aortic enlargement and are routinely monitored by computed tomography (CT) imaging. The purpose of this study is to analyse body composition using artificial intelligence (AI)‐based tissue segmentation in patients with Marfan syndrome in order to identify possible predictors of progressive aortic enlargement.

Keywords: aortic enlargement; muscle; body composition; intelligence based; artificial intelligence

Journal Title: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Year Published: 2021

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