Chen W, Wu M, Wang HY, Wu HB, Li J, Sun YH, Huang F, Gao M, Zhong ZH, Wu YM, Chen L. Artificial intelligence-based mucosa touch rate: A novel real-time quality control indicator for colonoscopy. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(27): 119276 [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.119276]
Andrzej S Tarnawski, MD, PhD, Professor
July 20, 2026, 00:28
This innovative study introduces the Mucosa Touch Rate (MTR) as a novel, objective, real-time quality control indicator for colonoscopy. The authors developed a ConvNeXt-B2 deep learning model to quantify the proportion of withdrawal frames that exhibit significant visual field loss due to mucosal contact. The work is comprehensive, encompassing model development, retrospective validation, and a large-scale prospective clinical trial, thereby providing strong evidence for the potential clinical utility of MTR in improving colonoscopy quality.
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