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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Medical Artificial Intelligence
  • Endoscopic Imaging Analysis

Background:

  • Current endoscopic scoring for ulcerative colitis (UC) may not fully capture clinical severity variations.
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experts provide nuanced severity assessments based on endoscopic findings.
  • There is a need for objective and reproducible methods to evaluate UC endoscopic severity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system for assessing UC endoscopic severity.
  • To create an AI that mirrors the diagnostic capabilities of IBD expert endoscopists.
  • To establish a novel AI-driven grading scale for UC endoscopic evaluation.

Main Methods:

  • A ranking-convolutional neural network (ranking-CNN) was trained on 13,826 paired endoscopic images of UC.
  • The AI system utilized the UC Endoscopic Gradation Scale (UCEGS) for severity assessment.
  • Correlations were calculated between AI-diagnosed UCEGS, Mayo Endoscopic Subscore, and expert endoscopist evaluations.

Main Results:

  • The AI-diagnosed UCEGS showed a strong correlation (Spearman's rho ≈ 0.89) with the Mayo Endoscopic Subscore.
  • Correlation coefficients between the AI and four IBD expert endoscopists exceeded 0.95 (P < 0.01).
  • The AI system demonstrated high consistency with expert assessments.

Conclusions:

  • The developed AI system accurately diagnoses endoscopic severity in ulcerative colitis.
  • The AI's performance is comparable to that of experienced IBD expert endoscopists.
  • This AI tool offers a promising approach for objective UC endoscopic evaluation.