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Radiomics and anaesthetic planning: Quantitative imaging as a new frontier in preoperative risk assessment
Prateek Maurya, Prashant Sirohiya, Brajesh Kumar Ratre, Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India
Manisha Sahoo, Ram Singh, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India
Sidharth Puri, Department of Critical Care Medicine, SGHS Hospital, Mohali 160055, Punjab, India
Balbir Kumar, Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Institute (Jhajjar), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India
Author contributions: Maurya P and Sirohiya P conceptualized and designed the review; Maurya P, Sahoo M and Puri S performed the literature search and data extraction; Maurya P, Ratre BK and Singh R analyzed the literature and drafted the manuscript; Sirohiya P, Singh R and Kumar B critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; all authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Prashant Sirohiya, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India.
Received: March 16, 2026
Revised: June 11, 2026
Accepted: July 28, 2026
Published online: August 28, 2026
Processing time: 166 Days and 4.8 Hours
Revised: June 11, 2026
Accepted: July 28, 2026
Published online: August 28, 2026
Processing time: 166 Days and 4.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This minireview proposes radiomics-the extraction of high-dimensional quantitative features from routine medical images-as a novel tool for precision anaesthesia. By quantifying body composition, organ function, and vascular morphology from preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, clinicians can obtain objective biomarkers of physiologic reserve that augment traditional preoperative evaluation. Integration of radiomic features with clinical data through machine learning may enable personalized anaesthetic planning, optimized drug dosing, and improved identification of high-risk surgical patients.