Computer-aided diagnosis of neoplastic colorectal lesions using 'real-time' numerical color analysis during autofluorescence endoscopy.

Objective: Differentiating non-neoplastic colorectal lesions from neoplastic lesions during screening colonoscopies is essential to reduce the unnecessary treatment of non-neoplastic lesions. The present study was conducted to verify the diagnostic yields of the computer-aided diagnostic system that enables 'real-time' color analysis of colorectal lesions when applied to autofluorescence endoscopy (AFE).

Patients And Methods: Consecutive patients who were scheduled to undergo a therapeutic colonoscopy in our department were enrolled in this study.