Several automated programs have been developed to facilitate body composition analysis of images from abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans. External validation in patients with colorectal cancer is necessary for use in research and clinical practice. Our aim was to validate an automatic method (AutoMATiCA) of segmenting CT images at the third lumbar level (L3) from patients with colorectal cancer, by comparing with manual segmentation.
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