人工智能在浅表食管鳞状细胞癌及癌前病变内镜诊断中的应用进展

Progress of artificial intelligence in endoscopic diagnosis of superficial esophageal squamous carcinoma and precancerous lesions

食管癌严重威胁国民身体健康,破解这一难题的关键是早诊早治,内镜筛查为早期诊断最重要的手段。人工智能(artificial intelligence,AI)技术的快速发展使得其在消化内镜领域的应用及研究日益增加,并有望成为内镜医师早期诊断食管癌的得力助手。目前,整合多种内镜模式、具备多种诊断功能的多模态、多功能AI系统在浅表食管鳞状细胞癌及癌前病变中的应用取得不错的成果,本文将对其研究进展进行综述,并对其未来发展方向进行展望。

Esophageal cancer is a serious threat to the health of Chinese people. The key to solve this problem is early diagnosis and early treatment, and the most important method is endoscopic screening. The rapid development of artificial intelligence(AI) technology makes its application and research in the field of digestive endoscopy growing, and it is expected to become the "right-hand man" for endoscopists in the early diagnosis of esophageal cancer. Currently, the application of multimodal and multifunctional AI systems has achieved good performance in the diagnosis of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesions. This study summarized and reviewed the research progress of AI in the diagnosis of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesions, and also explored its development direction in the future.