The addition of real-time computer-aided detection in colonoscopy significantly increased the adenoma detection rate and adenomas detected per colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening, according to a presentation at ESGE Days.
“[An] expert endoscopist can benefit from the artificial intelligence, increasing the detection,” Alessandro Repici, MD, professor of gastroenterology, director of digestive endoscopy unit at Humanitas Research Hospital in Rozzano, Italy, said during his presentation. “This benefit is prevalent when adhered by the expert endoscopist including an interference between the [computer-aided detection (CAD-e)] and the level of experience of the operator.”