Artificial Intelligence May Improve Diabetes Diagnosis

Abdominal CT imaging can be a promising tool to diagnose type 2 diabetes. CT imaging is already widely used in clinical practices, and it can provide a significant amount of information about the pancreas. Previous studies have shown that patients with diabetes tend to accumulate more visceral fat and fat within the pancreas than non-diabetic patients. However, not much work has been done to study the liver, muscles, and blood vessels around the pancreas, said study co-senior author Ronald M. Summers, MD, PhD, senior investigator and staff radiologist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.