A novel artificial intelligence-assisted "vascular healing" diagnosis for prediction of future clinical relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study (with video).
Journal:
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
PMID:
38215859
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Image-enhanced endoscopy has attracted attention as a method for detecting inflammation and predicting outcomes in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC); however, the procedure requires specialist endoscopists. Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted image-enhanced endoscopy may help nonexperts provide objective accurate predictions with the use of optical imaging. We aimed to develop a novel AI-based system using 8853 images from 167 patients with UC to diagnose "vascular-healing" and establish the role of AI-based vascular-healing for predicting the outcomes of patients with UC.