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Detection of laryngeal carcinoma during endoscopy using artificial intelligence
David J Wellenstein1, Jonathan Woodburn2, Henri A M Marres1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Background:
The objective of this study was to assess the performance and application of a self-developed deep learning (DL) algorithm for the real-time localization and classification of both vocal cord carcinoma and benign vocal cord lesions.
Methods:
The algorithm was trained and validated upon a dataset of videos and photos collected from our own department, as well as an open-access dataset named "Laryngoscope8".
Results:
The algorithm correctly localizes and classifies vocal cord carcinoma on still images with a sensitivity between 71% and 78% and benign vocal cord lesions with a sensitivity between 70% and 82%. Furthermore, the best algorithm had an average frame per second rate of 63, thus making it suitable to use in an outpatient clinic setting for real-time detection of laryngeal pathology.
Conclusion:
We have demonstrated that our developed DL algorithm is able to localize and classify benign and malignant laryngeal pathology during endoscopy.
