Endoscopists’ predictions of polyp histology were more accurate than those of a computer-aided diagnostic tool (CADx) in real-time colonoscopy, but overall accuracy was highest when the endoscopists and CADx agreed, according to a new study.
“Our results support the role of CADx as an independent second reader in a clinical setting, which can improve the performance of the endoscopist in achieving accurate optical diagnosis of polyp histology in vivo,” write James Weiquan Li, MD, of Changi General Hospital in the Singapore Health Services in Singapore, and colleagues.
Still, more research is needed to establish the tool’s role during real-time colonoscopy, they add.