Artificial intelligence application in diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy - Deus ex machina?

Figure 3 Application of computer-aided detection systems to endocytoscopy. A, D: Conventional endoscopic images in WLI; B, E: Endocytoscopic images; C, F: Histological images. A CAD system evaluated the endocytoscopy image B: “healing” and E: active inflammation. The classifications were later confirmed by the pathologist[48]. Citation: Maeda Y, Kudo SE, Mori Y, Misawa M, Ogata N, Sasanuma S, Wakamura K, Oda M, Mori K, Ohtsuka K. Fully automated diagnostic system with artificial intelligence using endocytoscopy to identify the presence of histologic inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis (with video). Gastrointest Endosc 2019; 89(2): 408-415. Copyright © The Author(s) 2019 by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Published by Elsevier, Inc.