Application progress of ultrasound in assessing body fat percentage
GAO Yang
TANG Xinyi
QIU Li
Abstract：Body fat percentage serves as a crucial indicator for measuring an individual's body fat content.Ultrasound,as a safe and non-invasive examination method,not only enables visual detection of fat layer thickness and effective differentiation between subcutaneous and visceral fat,but also allows assessment of body fat percentage through quantitative measurements of fat thickness at multiple sites.Notably,appropriate selection of measurement sites is particularly beneficial for improving the accuracy of body fat percentage estimation.This review summarizes the potential value,reproducibility,and application ultrasound in measuring subcutaneous and visceral fat for body fat percentage assessment.
Keywords：UltrasoundBody fat percentageObesityFat thickness
Publication Date：2025-03-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 214-217 )