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Takemoto S, Hori K, Yoshimasa S, Nishimura M, Nakajo K, Inaba A, Sasabe M, Aoyama N, Watanabe T, Minakata N, Ikematsu H, Yokota H, Yano T. Computer-aided demarcation of early gastric cancer: a pilot comparative study with endoscopists. J Gastroenterol 2023; 58:741-750. [PMID: 37256409 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-023-02001-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Precise area diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is critical for reliable endoscopic resection. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) shows strong potential for detecting EGC and reducing cancer-care disparities caused by differences in endoscopists' skills. To be used in clinical practice, CAD should enable both the detection and the demarcation of lesions. This study proposes a scheme for the detection and delineation of EGC under white-light endoscopy and validates its performance using 1-year consecutive cases. METHODS Only 300 endoscopic images randomly selected from 68 consecutive cases were used for training a convolutional neural network. All cases were treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection, enabling the accumulation of a training dataset in which the extent of lesions was precisely determined. For validation, 462 cancer images and 396 normal images from 137 consecutive cases were used. From the validation results, 38 randomly selected images were compared with those delineated by six endoscopists. RESULTS Successful detections of EGC in 387 cancer images (83.8%) and the absence of lesions in 307 normal images (77.5%) were achieved. Positive and negative predictive values were 81.3% and 80.4%, respectively. Successful detection was achieved in 130 cases (94.9%). We achieved precise demarcation of EGC with a mean intersection over union of 66.5%, showing the extent of lesions with a smooth boundary; the results were comparable to those achieved by specialists. CONCLUSIONS Our scheme, validated using 1-year consecutive cases, shows potential for demarcating EGC. Its performance matched that of specialists; it might therefore be suitable for clinical use in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Satoko Takemoto
- Image Processing Research Team, Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, Tsuyama, Japan
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- Image Processing Research Team, Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
| | - Masaomi Nishimura
- Image Processing Research Team, Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
| | - Keiichiro Nakajo
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
- Division of Science and Technology for Endoscopy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - Atsushi Inaba
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - Maasa Sasabe
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - Naoki Aoyama
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - Takashi Watanabe
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
- Division of Science and Technology for Endoscopy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Image Processing Research Team, Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
| | - Tomonori Yano
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
- Division of Science and Technology for Endoscopy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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