Physics-Informed AI Predicts Microwave Ablation Zone in Real Time Using Pre-ablation MRI

Physics-informed AI model predicts patient-specific microwave ablation zones for liver tumors in ~20 ms from pre-ablation MRI, with retrospective validation against post-ablation MRI. May enable real-time intraprocedural guidance.

• Computational study combining unified bioheat solver and dual-branch network learned patient-specific corrections from pre-ablation MRI; trained with post-ablation MRI ground truth (sample size not reported).
• Achieved ~20 ms prediction time per ablation zone; diagnostic accuracy metrics not provided in source.
• Limitation: Retrospective, single-center validation; generalizability and intraprocedural real-world performance remain to be demonstrated.

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