BACKGROUND: The anatomical landmarks contain the characteristics that are used to guide the gastroenterologists during the endoscopy. The expert can also ensure the completion of examination with the help of the anatomical landmarks. Automatic detect...
Risk evaluation of lymph node metastasis (LNM) for endoscopically resected submucosal invasive (T1) colorectal cancers (CRC) is critical for determining therapeutic strategies, but interobserver variability for histologic evaluation remains a major p...
It is challenging for endoscopists to accurately detect esophageal lesions during gastrointestinal endoscopic screening due to visual similarities among different lesions in terms of shape, size, and texture among patients. Additionally, endoscopists...
Since the development of endoscopic vision in the late 1970s, the implementation of minimally invasive surgical methods has been rapidly progressing throughout a wide range of surgical disciplines, including cardiovascular surgery. The benefits of mi...
Automatic skin lesion analysis in terms of skin lesion segmentation and disease classification is of great importance. However, these two tasks are challenging as skin lesion images of multi-ethnic population are collected using various scanners in m...
INTRODUCTION: The objectives of this study were to identify consensus priority research questions according to members of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and to explore differences in priorities according to ...
In the past 10 years, the technology of percutaneous spine endoscopy has been continuously developed. The indications have expanded from simple lumbar disc herniation to various degenerative diseases of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Tradi...