Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion	Exclusion
General criteria	English language Primary research studies	Reviews, letters, preprints, commentaries, book chapters, case studies, editorials, conference abstracts Retracted studies
Context	Binary comparison of HCC to non-HCC among a cohort of FLLs Pathological diagnosis as a gold standard Any healthcare setting (e.g. private or public systems)	HCC subtypes Animal studies Severe class imbalance (< 1:10)
Intervention	Minimum three CT phases used in AI or deep learning model Use of AI models to automatically analyse and report on datasets of CT images	MRI or ultrasound imaging
Outcomes	Diagnosis of HCC reported with specificity and sensitivity Radiologist comparison group