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SUBMITTER: Choudhary S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495406 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choudhary Siddharth S Iyer Ganesh G Smith Brandon M BM Li Jinjin J Sippel Mark M Criminisi Antonio A Heymsfield Steven B SB
NPJ digital medicine 20230911 1
Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) is now recognized as among the strongest shape biometrics linked with health outcomes, although use of this phenotypic marker remains limited due to the inaccuracies in and inconvenient nature of flexible tape measurements when made in clinical and home settings. Here we report that accurate and reliable WHR estimation in adults is possible with a smartphone application based on novel computer vision algorithms. The developed application runs a convolutiona ...[more]