Comparison of the Ability of Artificial-Intelligence-Based Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) Systems and Endoscopists to Detect Colorectal Neoplastic Lesions on Endoscopy Video

Artificial-intelligence-based computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have developed remarkably in recent years. These systems can help increase the adenoma detection rate (ADR), an important quality indicator in colonoscopies. While there have been many still-image-based studies on the usefulness of...

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Main Authors: Yoshitsugu Misumi, Kouichi Nonaka, Miharu Takeuchi, Yu Kamitani, Yasuhiro Uechi, Mai Watanabe, Maiko Kishino, Teppei Omori, Maria Yonezawa, Hajime Isomoto, Katsutoshi Tokushige
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4840
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Summary:Artificial-intelligence-based computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have developed remarkably in recent years. These systems can help increase the adenoma detection rate (ADR), an important quality indicator in colonoscopies. While there have been many still-image-based studies on the usefulness of CAD, few have reported on its usefulness using actual clinical videos. However, no studies have compared the CAD group and control groups using the exact same case videos. This study aimed to determine whether CAD or endoscopists were superior in identifying colorectal neoplastic lesions in videos. In this study, we examined 34 lesions from 21 cases. CAD performed better than four of the six endoscopists (three experts and three beginners), including all the beginners. The time to lesion detection with beginners and experts was 2.147 ± 1.118 s and 1.394 ± 0.805 s, respectively, with significant differences between beginners and experts (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and between beginners and CAD (both <i>p</i> < 0.001). The time to lesion detection was significantly shorter for experts and CAD than for beginners. No significant difference was found between experts and CAD (<i>p</i> = 1.000). CAD could be useful as a diagnostic support tool for beginners to bridge the experience gap with experts.
ISSN:2077-0383