Artificial intelligence for polyp characterization: Don ’t save on your competence!

Colonoscopy screening comes with a significant cost. If you sum up the costs due to health care personnel, endoscopy technology, facilities, and histopathology, colonoscopy is among the most expensive diagnostic procedures, with estimates comparable with whole-body CT or magnetic resonance imaging. When these costs are projected at population level, the absolute magnitude is exceptional, inasmuch as it is estimated to correspond to an annual gross expenditure of more than U.S. $775 million.1
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research