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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Insufficient bowel preparation is a major cause of missed adenomas during colonoscopy.
  • The Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) has limitations, showing no correlation with adenoma detection rates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an Open-Source Automatic Bowel Preparation Scale (OSABPS) using artificial intelligence.
  • To create an AI tool that correlates with polyp detection rates for improved colonoscopy quality.

Main Methods:

  • Trained the OSABPS algorithm on 50,000 colonoscopy frames to quantify fecal matter using a fecal ratio (F/M).
  • Validated the OSABPS internally on 1405 colonoscopies and externally on 5525 frames from a public database.
  • Utilized the Youden J statistic to determine the optimal threshold for the OSABPS.

Main Results:

  • The OSABPS showed significant correlation with the BBPS during internal (r = -0.42) and external (r = -0.70) validation.
  • A threshold of 0.09 for the OSABPS was identified using the Youden J.
  • Colonoscopies with an OSABPS below the threshold demonstrated a significantly higher polyp detection rate.

Conclusions:

  • The OSABPS provides automatic, instant, and unbiased assessment of bowel preparation quality.
  • Colonoscopies with an OSABPS score >0.09 warrant reexamination.
  • The open-source nature of OSABPS facilitates widespread implementation and accessibility.