Basic Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2019; 25(10): 1197-1209
Published online Mar 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i10.1197
Quest for the best endoscopic imaging modality for computer-assisted colonic polyp staging
Georg Wimmer, Michael Gadermayr, Gernot Wolkersdörfer, Roland Kwitt, Toru Tamaki, Jens Tischendorf, Michael Häfner, Shigeto Yoshida, Shinji Tanaka, Dorit Merhof, Andreas Uhl
Georg Wimmer, Roland Kwitt, Andreas Uhl, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria
Michael Gadermayr, Dorit Merhof, Interdisciplinary Imaging and Vision Institute Aachen, RWTH Aachen, Aachen 52074, Germany
Gernot Wolkersdörfer, Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), Salzburg 5020, Austria
Toru Tamaki, Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7398527, Japan
Jens Tischendorf, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University Hospital Aachen, Würselen 52146, Germany
Michael Häfner, Department of Gastroenterologie and Hepatologie, Krankenhaus St. Elisabeth, Wien 1080, Austria
Shigeto Yoshida, Department of Endoscopy and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7348551, Japan
Shinji Tanaka, Department of Endoscopy, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 7348551, Japan
Author contributions: Wimmer G and Gadermayr M performed the experiments; Wimmer G, Gadermayr M, Merhof D and Uhl A coordinated the research; Tamaki T, Tischendorf J, Häfner M, Yoshida S and Tanaka S provided the endoscopic image databases; Wimmer G, Gadermayr M, Wolkersdörfer G and Uhl A wrote the paper.
Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), KLI project 429, No. TRP206.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Georg Wimmer, PhD, Postdoc, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Jakob Haringer Strasse 2, Salzburg 5020, Austria. gwimmer@cosy.sbg.ac.at
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Received: December 14, 2018
Peer-review started: December 14, 2018
First decision: January 18, 2019
Revised: February 13, 2019
Accepted: February 15, 2019
Article in press: February 16, 2019
Published online: March 14, 2019
Core Tip

Core tip: To determine which endoscopic imaging modalities are most suited for the automated diagnosis of colonic polyps, we apply a high number of state-of-the-art diagnosis systems to 5 endoscopic image databases obtained by different imaging modalities. We show that narrow-band imaging is well suited, whereas chromoendoscopy clearly decreases the results. High-definition and high-magnification endoscopy perform equally well. The image recording conditions have a great impact on the performance of the automated diagnosis systems.