Gastroenterologists who used Medtronic’s GI Genius detection system successfully extracted a higher number of adenomas, according to the research.
Earlier studies correlate every 1 percent increase in detected adenomas to a 3 percent decrease in cancer risk. The 13 percent detection and removal increase means computer-aided colonoscopies have the potential to decrease future diagnoses of colon cancer by 39 percent, according to Rajesh Keswani, MD, Interventional Gastroenterology Specialist at Northwestern Medical Group.
AI helps GI detect 13% more polyps
Northwestern Medicine physicians who used artificial intelligence to perform colonoscopies saw a 13 percent increase in colorectal polyps detection and removal, according to research posted May 10 from the Evanston, Ill.-based health system.