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130万新发病例和70万相关死亡，估计每年对全球经济的影响接近1000亿英镑。在英国，CRC是癌症相关死亡的第二大常见原因，每年报告41，000例新发病例和超过16，000例相关死亡。英国有23万人患有CRC。结肠镜检查是识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者，并且研究表明息肉和癌症的漏诊率很高。此外，当体内发现异常病变时，尽管先进的成像技术不断发展，但这些病变的特征和诊断往往很差。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，从而改善患者预后。

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.