# How to measure area of visceral and subcutaneous visceral fat on a single CT image (L3 level)?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-measure-area-of-visceral-and-subcutaneous-visceral-fat-on-a-single-ct-image-l3-level/47262 "2026-06-06T21:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![chir.set](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chir.set/32/66982_2.png) [@chir.set](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chir.set)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-measure-area-of-visceral-and-subcutaneous-visceral-fat-on-a-single-ct-image-l3-level/47262/2 "2026-06-07T12:00:15Z")

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You may refer to [this post](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/spatial-information-in-2d-segmentations/46642/3) for many options pertaining to surface area measurement.

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