Construction and Validation of a Computer-aided (CADx)System in Real-time Characterization of Colorectal Ulcerative Diseases: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study
The goal of this observational study is to construct and validate a Computer-aided (CADx)System in Real-time Characterization of Colorectal Ulcrerative Diseases. The main question it aims to answer are to demonstrate whether the newly developed CADx system has a high-level diagnostic accuracy in predicting characterization of colorectal ulcerative diseases. It is a multi-center, retrospective study. The study retrospectively collected colonoscopy images and videos of colorectal ulcers (including colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, Intestinal tuberculosis and ischemic enteritis). A training cohort will be developed from majority of the included cases, followed by a validation cohort with the remaining cases. A CADx system in real-time characterization of colonic ulcer diseases was constructed using artificial intelligence to extract endoscopic features from the training set. Subsequently, the performance of the CADx system was preliminarily tested through the validation set.
• They underwent endoscopic examination and are found to have ulcerative lesions in the large intestine;
• They have endoscopic images and videos captured and stored during colonoscopy which are available to be retrieved;
• They have the complete medical records and clear diagnosis.