The prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly worldwide. Obesity is linked to many diseases, including diabetes type 2, cardiovascular disease, liver disease and malignancies. In this educational session strategies will be discussed to detect obesity related complications and how to monitor disease progression and therapeutic effects. The first lecture will show how imaging can help overcome barriers to effective obesity care. The second overview will focus on multi-organ imaging for diagnosis and monitoring of obesity, based on data from the UK biobank. The final presentation aims to explain the concept of 'opportunistic screening', harvesting quantifiable metrics on obesity and related complications based on routine clinical imaging exams performed for general purposes.
Content Areas (Codes):
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cardiac Radiology
- Chest Radiology
- Computed Tomography
- Gastrointestinal Radiology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Musculoskeletal Radiology
- Neuroradiology
- Oncologic Imaging
- Vascular
Learning Objectives:
- Describe state-of-the-art imaging techniques for evaluation of obesity and related complications.
- Identify effective strategies how imaging can support obesity care.
- Distinguish the tight interconnection between multiple organs affected by obesity.
- Utilize automated AI-based image analysis techniques to harvest imaging outcomes more than the human eye can see.
- Identify imaging and post-processing strategies to implement "opportunistic screening" in your routine clinical imaging program.
This non-CME activity is estimated to take 45 minutes to complete.
Start Date: 4/8/2026
Online Expiration Date: 4/7/2029
This educational activity was originally presented at the RSNA 2025 Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly.
Faculty:
- Hildo Lamb, MD, PhD
- Michele Pansini, MD
- Louise Thomas, PhD
Planners:
- Jenny T. Bencardino, MD
- Guillermo Elizondo-Riojas, MD, PhD
- Marta E. Heilbrun, MD
- Ayden Jacob, MD, MSc
- Bertram J. Stemmler, MD
- Meike W. Vernooij, MD
- Grace G. Zhu, MD
Price:
Non-Member/Basic Member Rate: $55.00
Standard Member/Full Access Member Rate: $0.00
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