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Visceral Adiposity Subtraction

Meaning

Visceral Adiposity Subtraction is a specialized medical imaging technique used to quantify the volume or area of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) by computationally removing the subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) component from a cross-sectional image of the abdomen. This process yields a precise, quantitative measurement of the metabolically active fat stored around the internal organs, which is a stronger independent risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases than overall body mass index (BMI). It is primarily performed using gold-standard modalities like Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).