BACKGROUND: Achalasia subtypes on high-resolution manometry (HRM) prognosticate treatment response and help direct management plan. We aimed to utilize parameters of distension-induced contractility and pressurization on functional luminal imaging pr...
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
May 7, 2020
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication is required to reduce incidence related to gastric cancer. Recently, it was found that even after the successful eradication of H. pylori, an increased, i.e., moderate, risk of gastric cancer pe...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: EGD is the most vital procedure for the diagnosis of upper GI lesions. We aimed to compare the performance of unsedated ultrathin transoral endoscopy (U-TOE), unsedated conventional EGD (C-EGD), and sedated C-EGD with or without ...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Feb 14, 2019
With recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is gaining increasing attention. Main research focuses in this field include automated identification of dysplasia in Barrett's ...
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Jan 29, 2019
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Many patients with cirrhosis who undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening for esophageal varices (EVs) are found to have no or only small EVs. Endoscopic screening for EVs is therefore a potentially deferrable procedure t...
Tongue base (TB) narrowing is recognized as a significant site of upper airway collapse during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients and robot technology is expected to have promising clinical utility in OSA patients with TB narrowing. The ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
This work focuses on detection of upper gas-trointestinal (GI) landmarks, which are important anatomical areas of the upper GI tract digestive system that should be photodocumented during endoscopy to guarantee a complete examination. The aim of this...
Artificial intelligence (AI), also known as computer-aided diagnosis, is a technology that enables machines to process information and functions at or above human level and has great potential in gastrointestinal endoscopy applications. At present, t...
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Jan 1, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in health care have exponentially increased in recent years, and a few of these are related to pancreatobiliary disorders. AI-based methods were applied to extract information, in prognostication, to guide cl...
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