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REVIEW article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal Cancers: Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Cancers
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1454411

Research Trends and Hotspots Evolution of Artificial Intelligence for Cholangiocarcinoma Over the Past 10 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis

Provisionally accepted
Ke-xie Wang Ke-xie Wang Yu-Ting Li Yu-Ting Li *Sunhu Yang Sunhu Yang *Feng Li Feng Li *
  • Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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    To analyze the research hotspots and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) through visualization.A comprehensive search of publications on the application of AI in CCA from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2023, within the Web of Science Core Collection, was conducted, and citation information was extracted. CiteSpace 6.2.R6 was used for the visualization analysis of citation information.Results: A total of 736 publications were included in this study. Early research primarily focused on traditional treatment methods and care strategies for CCA, but since 2019, there has been a significant shift towards the development and optimization of AI algorithms and their application in early cancer diagnosis and treatment decision-making. China emerged as the country with the highest volume of publications, while Khon Kaen University in Thailand was the academic institution with the highest number of publications. A core group of authors involved in a dense network of international collaboration was identified. HEPATOLOGY was found to be the most influential journal in the field. The disciplinary development pattern in this domain exhibits the characteristic of multiple disciplines intersecting and integrating.The current research hotspots primarily revolve around three directions: AI in the diagnosis and classification of CCA, AI in the preoperative assessment of cancer metastasis risk in CCA, and AI in the prediction of postoperative recurrence in CCA. The complementarity and interdependence among different AI applications will facilitate future applications of AI in the CCA field.

    Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma, artificial intelligence, Bibliometrics, Convolutional Neural Networks, deep learning

    Received: 25 Jun 2024; Accepted: 03 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Li, Yang and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yu-Ting Li, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
    Sunhu Yang, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
    Feng Li, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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