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Real-Time Use of Artificial Intelligence in Identification of Diminutive Polyps During Colonoscopy: A Prospective Study

Mori, Yuichi, Kudo, Shin-ei, Misawa, Masashi, Saito, Yutaka, Ikematsu, Hiroaki, Hotta, Kinichi, Ohtsuka, Kazuo, Urushibara, Fumihiko +14 more·2018·Annals of Internal Medicine

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Background: Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) for colonoscopy may help endoscopists distinguish neoplastic polyps (adenomas) requiring resection from nonneoplastic polyps not requiring resection, potentially reducing cost. Objective: To evaluate the performance of real-time CAD with endocytoscopes (×520 ultramagnifying colonoscopes providing microvascular and cellular visualization of colorectal polyps after application of the narrow-band imaging [NBI] and methylene blue staining modes, respectively). Design: Single-group, open-label, prospective study. (UMIN [University hospital Medical Information Network] Clinical Trial Registry: UMIN000027360). Setting: University hospital. Participants: 791 consecutive patients undergoing colonoscopy and 23 endoscopists. Intervention: Real-time use of CAD during colonoscopy. Measurements: CAD-predicted pathology (neoplastic or nonneoplastic) of detected diminutive polyps (≤5 mm) on the basis of real-time outputs compared with pathologic diagnosis of the resected specimen (gold standard). The primary end point was whether CAD with the stained mode produced a negative predictive value (NPV) of 90% or greater for identifying diminutive rectosigmoid adenomas, the threshold required to "diagnose-and-leave" nonneoplastic polyps. Best- and worst-case scenarios assumed that polyps lacking either CAD diagnosis or pathology were true- or false-positive or true- or false-negative, respectively. Results: Overall, 466 diminutive (including 250 rectosigmoid) polyps from 325 patients were assessed by CAD, with a pathologic prediction rate of 98.1% (457 of 466). The NPVs of CAD for diminutive rectosigmoid adenomas were 96.4% (95% CI, 91.8% to 98.8%) (best-case scenario) and 93.7% (CI, 88.3% to 97.1%) (worst-case scenario) with stained mode and 96.5% (CI, 92.1% to 98.9%) (best-case scenario) and 95.2% (CI, 90.3% to 98.0%) (worst-case scenario) with NBI. Limitation: Two thirds of the colonoscopies were conducted by experts who had each experienced more than 200 endocytoscopies; 186 polyps not assessed by CAD were excluded. Conclusion: Real-time CAD can achieve the performance level required for a diagnose-and-leave strategy for diminutive, nonneoplastic rectosigmoid polyps. Primary Funding Source: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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Mori, Y., Kudo, S.-E., Misawa, M., Saito, Y., Ikematsu, H., Hotta, K., Ohtsuka, K., Urushibara, F., Kataoka, S., Ogawa, Y., Maeda, Y., Takeda, K., Nakamura, H., Ichimasa, K., Kudo, T., Hayashi, T., Wakamura, K., Ishida, F., Inoue, H., Itoh, H., Oda, M., & Mori, K.
Affiliations
  • SHOWA Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital (JP)
  • National Cancer Center Hospital (JP)
  • National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
  • Shizuoka Cancer Center (JP)
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University (JP)
  • SHOWA Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital (JP)
  • Nagoya University (JP)
Venue
Annals of Internal Medicine
Published
2018-09-18
Volume
169
Issue
6
Pages
357-366
ISSN
  • 0003-4819 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-3704
OpenAlex
W2887719255
Cited by
509
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 98 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 9 · 2014: 1
FWCI
23.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annals of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26108006, 26108001, 17H05305, 17K15971)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in cancer detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
Keywords
computer-aided diagnosis, colonoscopy, narrow-band imaging, methylene blue staining, negative predictive value, polypectomy, real-time image analysis, colorectal cancer screening
MeSH terms
Adenoma, Aged, Artificial Intelligence, Colonic Polyps, Colonoscopy, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Coloring Agents, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Methylene Blue, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Sensitivity and Specificity, Narrow Band Imaging

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