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Predicting Body Composition from Chest Radiographs by Deep Learning: 10-year Mortality and Geriatric Outcomes

2026-01-15 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundBody composition strongly influences clinical outcomes in older adults, yet body mass index (BMI) lacks discriminatory power, and standard tools such as bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry are not routinely accessible. Deep learning enables scalable, opportunistic assessment of body composition from chest radiographs (CXRs), one of the most widely available imaging modalities. Methods and FindingsUsing the Inception-V3 architecture, we developed a ...

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