{"entity":{"id":"ai-endoscopy-detection","kind":"technology","name":"AI polyp detection in colonoscopy","aka":[],"tldr":"Real-time software that highlights polyps on the colonoscopy screen, helping doctors find more of the growths that could become bowel cancer.","summary":"Computer-aided detection systems such as GI Genius (Medtronic, FDA authorised 2021) analyse the live video during colonoscopy and draw a box around suspected polyps. Randomised trials show higher adenoma detection rates, mainly of small lesions, while the effect on interval cancer remains to be shown; computer-aided characterisation aims to tell benign from precancerous polyps to avoid unnecessary removal.","status":"approved","asOf":"2026-09-04","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy","links":[{"label":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["colorectal"],"sections":["early-detection","ai-computation"],"technologies":["colorectal-screening"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"notes":[],"principle":"A neural network runs on each video frame and marks regions whose appearance matches polyps in training data, with adjustable sensitivity.","strengths":["Higher adenoma detection in randomised trials","Works with existing scopes","Reduces miss rates between endoscopists"],"limitations":["More small polyps found, more resections and pathology","Unproven effect on cancer incidence and mortality","False alarms slow procedures"],"since":2021},"route":"/technologies/ai-endoscopy-detection/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"}],"section":[{"id":"ai-computation","kind":"section","name":"AI & Computation","route":"/fronts/ai-computation/"},{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"colorectal-screening","kind":"technology","name":"Colorectal cancer screening (colonoscopy, FIT, stool DNA, blood)","route":"/technologies/colorectal-screening/"}]}}