Artificial intelligence-assisted colonic endocytoscopy for cancer recognition: a multicenter study

Background and study aims Large adenomas are sometimes misidentified as cancers during colonoscopy and are surgically removed. To address this overtreatment, we developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identified cancerous pathology in vivo with high specificity. We evaluated our AI tool under the supervision of a government agency to obtain regulatory approval. Patients and methods The AI tool outputted three pathological class...