Posted 12/30/2023, 12:55:01 AM
AI Assistance Boosts Colon Tumor Detection Rates for Junior Doctors During Colonoscopies
- AI tool acts as "extra pair of eyes" to help junior doctors better detect colon tumors during colonoscopies, especially small adenomas
- Study found junior doctors using AI had 57.5% adenoma detection rate vs 44.5% without AI
- AI was particularly helpful for doctors who had done <200 colonoscopies, improving detection rate from 42% to 60%
- Some Hong Kong hospitals have started using the AI tumor detection tool, researchers hope findings lead to wider adoption
- Separate AI platform aims to help train surgeons to perform early-stage cancer surgery by accurately predicting steps needed