Validation and Evaluation of a Portable Body Scanner for Determination of Obesity

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01049269

R01DK081206

5R21DK081206 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to validate a portable 3D human body measurement system which will improve approaches in obesity assessment.

Full description

Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. A new technique of three-dimensional (3 D) photonic scanning will be used to create and validate a portable instrument that rapidly assesses obesity in clinical and field settings. This new portable body scanner will be a safe and easy method to help determine the incidence and type of obesity.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-60 years old
• BMI between 18.50 to 39.99 kg/m3
• Free of known diseases
• Hispanic and Not Hispanic or Latino Whites

Exclusion criteria

• Women who are pregnant, could be pregnant, or lactating

Trial design

180 participants in 1 patient group

1:one group