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ReviewAbdominal radiology (New York)2026

Artificial intelligence in imaging diagnosis of liver tumors: current status and future prospects.

Masatoshi Hori, Yuki Suzuki, Keitaro Sofue, Junya Sato, Daiki Nishigaki, Miyuki Tomiyama, Atsushi Nakamoto, Takamichi Murakami, Noriyuki Tomiyama

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Review in Abdominal radiology (New York), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multi-Scale Residual Gated Attention U-Net for Liver Tumor Segmentation.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Masatoshi HoriDepartment of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan. mhori@radiol.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Yuki SuzukiDepartment of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.
Keitaro SofueDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan.
Junya SatoDepartment of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.
Daiki NishigakiDepartment of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.
Miyuki TomiyamaDepartment of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.
Atsushi NakamotoDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.
Takamichi MurakamiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan.
Noriyuki TomiyamaDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer remains a significant global health concern, ranking as the sixth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Medical imaging plays a vital role in managing liver tumors, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and metastatic lesions. However, the large volume and complexity of imaging data can make accurate and efficient interpretation challenging. Artificial intelligence (AI) is recognized as a promising tool to address these challenges. Therefore, this review aims to explore the recent advances in AI applications in liver tumor imaging, focusing on key areas such as image reconstruction, image quality enhancement, lesion detection, tumor characterization, segmentation, and radiomics. Among these, AI-based image reconstruction has already been widely integrated into clinical workflows, helping to enhance image quality while reducing radiation exposure. While the adoption of AI-assisted diagnostic tools in liver imaging has lagged behind other fields, such as chest imaging, recent developments are driving their increasing integration into clinical practice. In the future, AI is expected to play a central role in various aspects of liver cancer care, including comprehensive image analysis, treatment planning, response evaluation, and prognosis prediction. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the status and prospects of AI applications in liver tumor imaging.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceCarcinoma, HepatocellularImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedLiver NeoplasmsHumansArtificial intelligenceHepatocellular carcinomaLiver neoplasmsLiver tumorsMedical imagingRadiomics

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PMID40536541
PMCPMC12830440

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