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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Current gastrointestinal (GI) motility testing is invasive, resource-intensive, and subjective.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers potential solutions to these diagnostic challenges.
  • This review synthesizes AI applications in GI motility diagnostics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively identify, appraise, and synthesize AI applications in GI motility diagnostics.
  • To evaluate the current state and future potential of AI in this field.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search across major databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Medline) in March 2025.
  • Narrative synthesis of findings, grouped by anatomical region (esophagus, gastroduodenum, small/large intestine, anorectum, pan-GI).
  • Inclusion of 90 primary studies from 1383 initial articles.

Main Results:

  • AI applications focus on automating High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry (HREM), pH impedance, and Functional Luminal Imaging Probe (FLIP) analysis in the esophagus.
  • AI improves diagnostic accuracy for electrogastrography (EGG) in the gastroduodenum.
  • AI aids in determining transit time, predicting post-operative ileus, standardizing manometry, and analyzing wireless capsule endoscopy and bowel sounds across the GI tract.

Conclusions:

  • AI shows significant promise for improving and automating GI motility diagnostic interpretation.
  • Rigorous research and external validation are crucial for all AI applications before clinical implementation.
  • AI is poised to play an essential role in the future of GI motility diagnostics.