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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2025

Research status and progress of deep learning in automatic esophageal cancer detection.

Jing Chen, Xin Fan, Qiao-Liang Chen, Wei Ren, Qi Li, Dong Wang, Jian He

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Jing ChenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Xin FanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Qiao-Liang ChenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Wei RenThe Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Qi LiDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Dong WangNanjing Center for Applied Mathematics, Nanjing 211135, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jian HeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China. hjxueren@126.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophageal cancer (EC), a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract, requires early diagnosis and timely treatment to improve patient prognosis. Automated detection of EC using medical imaging has the potential to increase screening efficiency and diagnostic accuracy, thereby significantly improving long-term survival rates and the quality of life of patients. Recent advances in deep learning (DL), particularly convolutional neural networks, have demonstrated remarkable performance in medical imaging analysis. These techniques have shown significant progress in the automated identification of malignant tumors, quantitative analysis of lesions, and improvement in diagnostic accuracy and efficiency. This article comprehensively examines the research progress of DL in medical imaging for EC, covering various imaging modalities such as digital pathology, endoscopy, computed tomography,

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Artificial intelligenceAutomatic detectionDeep learningEsophageal cancerMedical imaging

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PMID40487951
PMCPMC12142226

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