Metabolic Imaging

@ImagingFat

Professor of Metabolic Imaging, applying precision phenotyping to disease processes. @RCOptimalHealth, University of Westminster. All views my own.

London, England westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-p… Joined April 2012

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Metabolic Imaging @ImagingFat Aug 17

THREAD: We have 3 new papers, one shared goal; mapping musculoskeletal health at scale.

1/ Our new study in the European Spine Journal of fully automated Cobb angle estimation across 33,889 @uk_biobank MRI scans, enabling population‑level assessment of spinal curvature.

Metabolic Imaging @ImagingFat Mar 6

New paper out! nature.com/articles/s4385… Using data from 32,961 @uk_biobank participants, we compared DXA vs MRI for body composition.
Key takeaways:
DXA works well for fat measures.
It overestimates lean mass vs MRI.

www.nature.com Comparing DXA and MRI body composition measurements in cross-sectional and longitudinal cohorts Communications Medicine - Basty et al. compare DXA and MRI measurements of body fat and muscle in over 32,000 UK Biobank participants, including some repeat scans after about two and a half years....

Metabolic Imaging @ImagingFat Feb 23

Using deep learning on 44k @uk_biobank abdominal MRIs, we mapped heart and vascular structures, linked these traits to CVD risk, and uncovered 15 new genetic associations. Abdominal MRI is a powerful, untapped tool for understanding cardiovascular health rdcu.be/e5f3C

Metabolic Imaging @ImagingFat Dec 1, 2025

I was ridiculously excited to meet @AuntMinnie today! You never know what’s going to happen next at @RSN. There is just so much to explore. A fantastic first day #RSNA25

Metabolic Imaging @ImagingFat Jul 21, 2025

Please to share our latest @RCOptimalHealth paper led by Elena Sorokin and @YaghootkarH now published in @FrontGenetics @LifeSciWestmin frontiersin.org/journals/genet…

www.frontiersin.org Frontiers | Genetic subtypes of type 2 diabetes are distinguished through the lens of abdominal MRI ObjectiveThis study seeks to understand type 2 diabetes (T2D) heterogeneity through detailed phenotypic characterization of various T2D genetic subtypes usin...