Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
May 6, 2025
OBJECTIVES: The combination of fecal immunochemical test (FIT) followed by colonoscopy has established itself as one of the preferred population-based screening strategies. Despite extensive exploration of various techniques and technologies, their i...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Jun 21, 2024
OBJECTIVES: Colonoscopy (CS) is an important screening method for the early detection and removal of precancerous lesions. The stool state during bowel preparation (BP) should be properly evaluated to perform CS with sufficient quality. This study ai...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Dec 1, 2023
OBJECTIVES: High-resolution manometry (HRM) and esophagography are used for achalasia diagnosis; however, achalasia phenotypes combining esophageal motility and morphology are unknown. Moreover, predicting treatment outcomes of peroral endoscopic myo...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Oct 11, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Existing endoscopic scores for ulcerative colitis (UC) objectively categorize disease severity based on the presence or absence of endoscopic findings; therefore, it may not reflect the range of clinical severity within each category. How...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Sep 13, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Although several studies have shown the usefulness of artificial intelligence to identify abnormalities in small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) images, few studies have proven its actual clinical usefulness. Thus, the aim of this study wa...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Apr 10, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Lymph node metastasis (LNM) prediction for T1 colorectal cancer (CRC) is critical for determining the need for surgery after endoscopic resection because LNM occurs in 10%. We aimed to develop a novel artificial intelligence (AI) system u...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Jan 18, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Convolutional neural networks (CNN) for computer-aided diagnosis of polyps are often trained using high-quality still images in a single chromoendoscopy imaging modality with sessile serrated lesions (SSLs) often excluded. This study deve...