Total psoas muscle cross sectional area, as identified with computed tomography (CT), has been associated with clinical outcomes in various disease states. Unfortunately, total psoas CSA does not differentiate muscle density nor fat, both of which may be abnormal in obesity. Using a novel CT method to partition psoas muscle into low and high density muscle, recent studies have demonstrated low and high attenuating psoas muscle may be superior to total psoas CSA in identifying sarcopenic obesity.