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Artif Intell Cancer. Jul 18, 2024; 5(1): 96690
Published online Jul 18, 2024. doi: 10.35713/aic.v5.i1.96690
Past, present, and future perspectives of ultrasound-guided ablation of liver tumors: Where could artificial intelligence lead interventional oncology?
Paola Tombesi, Andrea Cutini, Valentina Grasso, Francesca Di Vece, Ugo Politti, Eleonora Capatti, Florence Labb, Stefano Petaccia, Sergio Sartori
Paola Tombesi, Andrea Cutini, Valentina Grasso, Francesca Di Vece, Ugo Politti, Eleonora Capatti, Sergio Sartori, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Interventional Ultrasound, St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara 44100, Italy
Florence Labb, Stefano Petaccia, Esaote S.p.A., Genova 16100, Italy
Co-first authors: Paola Tombesi and Sergio Sartori.
Author contributions: Tombesi P, Cutini A, Grasso V, Di Vece F, Politti U, Capatti E, Labb F, Petaccia S, and Sartori S equally contributed to conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
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Corresponding author: Sergio Sartori, MD, Adjunct Professor, Chief Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Interventional Ultrasound, St. Anna Hospital, Via A. Moro 8, Ferrara 44100, Italy. srs@unife.it
Received: May 14, 2024
Revised: June 26, 2024
Accepted: July 10, 2024
Published online: July 18, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Starting from the first experiences with ethanol injection, constant technical improvements in both thermal ablation and ultrasound imaging have led clinicians in interventional oncology to break the so-called 3-cm barrier in the percutaneous treatment of primary and secondary liver tumors. At present, advanced software powered by artificial intelligence has been developed to precisely target tumor margins and/or residual viable tumor tissue, opening the way to the percutaneous ablation of tumors up to 5-7 cm in size.