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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5

DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-93-97

V.P. Neustroev1, Yu.D. Udalov2, M.I. Muslimov3, E.N. Mingazova3,4,5

Use of Radiomics in Mri Studies of Metastatic Liver Lesions

1 N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Moscow, Russia

2 A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia

3 Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia

4 N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russia

5 Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia

Contact person: E.N. Mingazova, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Abstract

Currently, radiomics, as a rapidly developing technology, is increasingly used to solve diagnostic, prognostic and predictive problems in studies on liver metastases based on MRI images. In addition to its effectiveness in diagnosing and classifying tumors, radiomics demonstrates particularly impressive prognostic capabilities for malignant liver tumors (MLT) of the liver as a high-risk organ. Before the advent of radiomics, molecular genetic, biochemical and histological studies were used for these purposes. Radiomics of liver MLT is in its early stages of development, which suggests the presence of certain difficulties and obstacles, the elimination of which is the primary focus, in particular, in the field of developing standards necessary for use in clinical practice.

Keywords: radiomics, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, medical imaging, texture analysis, metastasis, liver, precision medicine

For citation: Neustroev VP, Udalov YuD, Muslimov MI, Mingazova EN. Use of Radiomics in Mri Studies of Metastatic Liver Lesions. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):93–97. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-93-97

 

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Article received: 20.05.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.06.2025.

 

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