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Automated detection of small bowel lesions based on capsule endoscopy using deep learning algorithm.

Li et al., Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102334

Oh, look, another day, another AI model claiming to outperform humans in medical diagnostics. This time, it’s the CE-YOLOv5, stepping into the ring to take on the Herculean task of spotting small bowel lesions in capsule endoscopy (CE) images. Because, you know, we humans apparently squint too much at those tiny screens.

So, the researchers gathered a whopping 124,678 images from 1,452 patients to train this AI prodigy. Because why not drown it in data until it sees lesions in its digital dreams? Then, in a bold move, they tested it on 298 patients with suspected bowel party crashers. And guess what? The AI, experts, and non-experts all had a go at playing “Where’s Waldo?” with bowel lesions.

Drumroll, please… The CE-YOLOv5’s sensitivity scores were like a high school overachiever’s report card: 91.9% for vascular lesions, 92.2% for ulcerated/erosive lesions, and it even scored a perfect 100% on villous lesions. Show-off. And, because it couldn’t let the humans have anything, it matched the experts in overall sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. Take that, years of medical training!

But wait, there’s more! It absolutely crushed the non-experts (because picking on those with less experience is totally fair game, right?) with “significantly higher” sensitivity and accuracy. And, as if to add insult to injury, it did all this in a breezy 5.62 ± 2.81 minutes. Because who has more than 6 minutes to spare these days?

In conclusion, the CE-YOLOv5 is here to save the day, diagnosing small bowel lesions with the ease of a seasoned pro, leaving both experts and non-experts in its dust. Because, clearly, what the medical field needs is more AI showing off its party tricks. 🎉

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