摘要
Over the past few years,emerging new approaches in endoscopic imaging technologies facilitate a high-quality assessment of lesions found in the gastrointestinal(GI)tract.Endocytoscopy(EC),as a novel tool in endoscopy,aids the more accurate evaluation of superficial mucosal surface.This review article aims to represent the most relevant information related to the latest EC technology and its clinical application in the lower GI tract diagnostic.We discuss EC-computer-aided diagnosis capability to differentiate between non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesion that offers a closer look to in-vivo assessment and diagnosis of cancerous tissue.Nevertheless,artificial-assisted EC diagnostics could also be employed with benefits in patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)by accurately highlighting the presence of mucosal injury.In our review we included those studies comprising data about colonoscopy with narrow banding imaging and computer-aided diagnosis,as well as EC.Last but not least,artificial-assisted EC facilitates in-vivo diagnosis of the lower GI tract and may,in the future,remodel the field of in-vivo endoscopic diagnosis of colorectal lesions,representing another step towards the so-called optical biopsy.
