Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma ranks fifth amongst the most common malignancies and is the third most common cause of cancer-related death globally. Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly growing field of interest. Following the PRISMA reporting guidelines, we conducted a systematic review to retrieve articles reporting the application of AI in HCC detection and characterization. A total of 27 articles were included and analyzed with our composite score for the evaluation of the quality of the publications. The contingency table reported a statistically significant constant improvement over the years of the total quality score (p = 0.004). Different AI methods have been adopted in the included articles correlated with 19 articles studying CT (41.30%), 20 studying US (43.47%), and 7 studying

SUBMITTER: Martinino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9655417 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature