ABSTRACT
Introduction The period between 1993 and 2012 saw an increase in the proportion of adults who were defined as obese in the UK from 13.2% to 24.4% for men and from 16.4% to 25.1% amongst women.1
This has an implication for medical imaging in terms of an increase in workload associated with a range co-morbidities, e.g. certain types of cancer and cardiovascular disease, but also from a series of practical and technical challenges when imaging obese patients. These can result in missed diagnoses, nondiagnostic examinations, problems with equipment, embarrassing occurrences for staff and patients, as well as increased radiation doses.2
