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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2021; 27(27): 4395-4412
Published online Jul 21, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i27.4395
Role of artificial intelligence in multidisciplinary imaging diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases
M Alvaro Berbís, José Aneiros-Fernández, F Javier Mendoza Olivares, Enrique Nava, Antonio Luna
M Alvaro Berbís, Department of R&D, HT Médica, Madrid 28046, Madrid, Spain
José Aneiros-Fernández, Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Granada 18012, Spain
F Javier Mendoza Olivares, Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Clinic, Sevilla 41012, Spain
Enrique Nava, Department of Communications Engineering, University of Málaga, Malaga 29016, Spain
Antonio Luna, MRI Unit, Department of Radiology, HT Médica, Jaén 23007, Spain
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this paper with literature review and analysis and approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Antonio Luna, MD, PhD, Doctor, MRI Unit, Department of Radiology, HT Médica, C/ Carmelo Torres 2, Jaén 23007, Spain. aluna70@htime.org
Received: January 28, 2021
Peer-review started: January 28, 2021
First decision: March 29, 2021
Revised: April 14, 2021
Accepted: June 7, 2021
Article in press: June 7, 2021
Published online: July 21, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Artificial intelligence in general, and machine learning (ML) in particular, have great potential as supporting tools for physicians in the evaluation of neoplastic diseases and other conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. Radiology, endoscopy and pathology images can be read and interpreted using ML approaches in a wide variety of clinical scenarios. These include detection, classification and automatic segmentation of tumor lesions, tumor grading, patient stratification and prediction of treatment response.