Habitat imaging before transarterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma: Ready for clinical decision-making?

Figure 1 Conceptual workflow of habitat imaging before transarterial chemoembolization. Habitat imaging preserves spatial heterogeneity rather than averaging it away. A practical pipeline moves from multiphasic magnetic resonance imaging acquisition to lesion segmentation, habitat partitioning, integration with radiomic and clinical information, and finally pretreatment therapeutic allocation. The intended clinical value is to improve selection for transarterial chemoembolization, avoid futile procedures, and support multidisciplinary decision-making. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; TACE: Transarterial chemoembolization. The figure was prepared with the help of ChatGPT and subsequently reviewed and approved by the authors. ChatGPT was used only to assist visual drafting and graphic arrangement, including the organization of boxes, arrows, icons, and overall layout. The scientific concepts, wording, figure logic, and final content were entirely defined, reviewed, and approved by the authors.