CADDIE - Computer Aided Detection and Diagnosis for Intelligent Endoscopy

结直肠癌（CRC）是一种全球性疾病，每年报告130万新病例和70万相关死亡病例，估计每年全球经济影响接近1000亿英镑。在英国，结直肠癌是癌症相关死亡的第二大常见原因，每年有4.1万例新病例和超过1.6万例相关死亡报告。英国有23万人患有结直肠癌。结肠镜检查是鉴别和切除癌前和癌性息肉的重要工具。然而，即使直接检查粘膜，它也高度依赖于操作人员，研究表明息肉和癌症的漏检率很高。此外，当体内发现异常病变时，尽管发展了先进的成像方式，但它们往往特征/诊断不佳。智能内窥镜的计算机辅助检测和诊断（CADDIE）将通过使用人工智能实时分析结肠镜视频图像来颠覆胃肠病学。CADDIE将自动检测和分析癌性和癌前息肉，目的是更好地早期检测和诊断癌症，从而改善患者的治疗效果。

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a worldwide disease with 1.3m new cases and 0.7m related deaths reported each year and estimated global economic impact approaching £100 Billion per year. In the UK, CRC is the second most common cause of cancer related deaths, 41k new incidents and over 16k related deaths are reported each year. 230k people are living in the UK with CRC.Colonoscopy is an important tool for the identification and removal of pre-cancerous and cancerous polyps. However, even with direct inspection of the mucosa, it is highly operator dependent and studies show significant miss rate for polyps and cancers. Furthermore, when abnormal lesions are identified in vivo they are often poorly characterised/diagnosed despite the development of advanced imaging modalities.Computer Aided Detection and Diagnosis for Intelligent Endoscopy (CADDIE) will disrupt gastroenterology by using artificial intelligence to analyse colonoscopy video images in real-time. CADDIE will automatically detect and analyse cancerous and pre-cancerous polyps with the goal of better earlier detection and diagnosis of cancer leading to better patient outcomes.