Table 3 Diagnostic performance of the artificial intelligence (AI) system and endoscopists for detecting early-stage colorectal cancer and precursor lesions.

From: Development of a real-time endoscopic image diagnosis support system using deep learning technology in colonoscopy

 

All endoscopists n = 12

Experts n = 3

Fellows n = 5

Beginners n = 4

AI

Sensitivity

87.40%

87.40%

87.40%

87.10%

97.30%

median (range)

(78.9–90.5)

(84.9–90.5)

(86.4–89.9)

(78.9–88.4)

(95.9–98.3)

Specificity

96.40%

97.30%

96.40%

93.20%

99.00%

median (range)

(89.1–98.2)

(96.4–98.2)

(93.6–98.2)

(89.1–98.2)

(98.6–99.2)

Processing time

2.4 sec/image

2.7 sec/image

2.2 sec/image

2.4 sec/image

0.022 sec/image

median (range)

(1.5–12.9)

(2.1–4.7)

(1.5–8.7)

(1.7–2.9)

 
  1. AI, artificial intelligence. Endoscopists were tested 309 images while AI did 4840 images.