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Review
. 2024 Dec;129(12):1751-1765.
doi: 10.1007/s11547-024-01904-w. Epub 2024 Oct 30.

Radiomics in radiology: What the radiologist needs to know about technical aspects and clinical impact

Riccardo Ferrari  1 , Margherita Trinci  2 , Alice Casinelli  3 , Francesca Treballi  4 , Edoardo Leone  5 , Damiano Caruso  6 , Michela Polici  6 , Lorenzo Faggioni  7 , Emanuele Neri  7 , Michele Galluzzo  5
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Review

Radiomics in radiology: What the radiologist needs to know about technical aspects and clinical impact

Riccardo Ferrari et al. Radiol Med. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Radiomics represents the science of extracting and analyzing a multitude of quantitative features from medical imaging, revealing the quantitative potential of radiologic images. This scientific review aims to provide radiologists with a comprehensive understanding of radiomics, emphasizing its principles, applications, challenges, limits, and prospects. The limitations of standardization in current scientific production are analyzed, along with possible solutions proposed by some of the referenced papers. As the continuous evolution of medical imaging is ongoing, radiologists must be aware of new perspectives to play a central role in patient management.

Keywords: Abdominal imaging; Artificial Intelligence; Diagnostic radiology; New technologies in radiology; Radiology; Radiomics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Riccardo Ferrari, Margherita Trinci, Emanuele Neri, Lorenzo Faggioni and Damiano Caruso declare to be part of scientific editorial board of Radiologia Medica. Ethical approval: This is a review of literature. No ethical approval is required.

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