Adenoma Detection Rate Using AI System in China

Launched by CHANGHAI HOSPITAL · Feb 12, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

Colorectal cancer is common in China. Most colorectal cancers happen when an adenoma becomes cancerous. Doctors use colonoscopy to look inside the colon and rectum and find adenomas and remove them. Removing adenomas is known to reduce the chances of a person developing colorectal cancers. The ability of colonoscopists finding adenomas varies, and there is a lot of researches into how to improve "adenoma detection rates".

A new AI system, called the CSK endoscopic diagnosis and treatment system has been designed to improve the rate of polyp detection at colonoscopy. Previous tests have sho...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • All patients referred for screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy
• • All patients must be able to give informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with any absolute contraindications to colonoscopy
• • Patients with established or suspicion of large bowel obstruction or pseudo-obstruction
• • Patients with known colon cancer or polyposis syndromes
• • Patients with known colonic strictures
• • Patients with known severe diverticular segments (that is likely to impede colonoscope passage)
• • Patients with active colitis (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, diverticulitis, infective colitis)
• • Patients lacking capacity to give informed consent
• • Pregnancy
• • Patients who are on clopidogrel, warfarin, or other new generation anticoagulants who have not stopped this for the procedure.
• • Patients who are attending for a therapeutic procedure or assessment of a known lesion