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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Convolutional Neural Network Model for Intestinal Metaplasia Recognition in Gastric Corpus Using Endoscopic Image Patches.

Irene Ligato, Giorgio De Magistris, Emanuele Dilaghi, Giulio Cozza, Andrea Ciardiello, Francesco Panzuto, Stefano Giagu, Bruno Annibale, Christian Napoli, Gianluca Esposito

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Artificial Intelligence for Endoscopic Diagnosis of Gastric Premalignant Lesions.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2026
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  4. Gastric intestinal metaplasia: Management and surveillance strategies.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2026
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  5. Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence in assessing the risk of gastric neoplastic lesions in patients with corpus atrophic gastritis.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
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10 authors.

Irene LigatoDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Giorgio De MagistrisDepartment of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Emanuele DilaghiDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9070-7733
Giulio CozzaDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-8123-6416
Andrea CiardielloDepartment of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesco PanzutoDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2789-4289
Stefano GiaguDepartment of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9192-3537
Bruno AnnibaleDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9120-5957
Christian NapoliDepartment of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3336-5853
Gianluca EspositoDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2242-5048

Funding

Gianluca Esposito RG123188B449C26A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) is a significant healthcare concern, and the identification of high-risk patients is crucial. Indeed, gastric precancerous conditions present significant diagnostic challenges, particularly early intestinal metaplasia (IM) detection. This study developed a deep learning system to assist in IM detection using image patches from gastric corpus examined using virtual chromoendoscopy in a Western country. Utilizing a retrospective dataset of endoscopic images from Sant'Andrea University Hospital of Rome, collected between January 2020 and December 2023, the system extracted 200 × 200 pixel patches, classifying them with a voting scheme. The specificity and sensitivity on the patch test set were 76% and 72%, respectively. The optimization of a learnable voting scheme on a validation set achieved a specificity of 70% and sensitivity of 100% for entire images. Despite data limitations and the absence of pre-trained models, the system shows promising results for preliminary screening in gastric precancerous condition diagnostics, providing an explainable and robust Artificial Intelligence approach.

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BLIclassificationCNNgastric intestinal metaplasiaimaging diagnosticsResNet50segmentationvirtual chromoendoscopy

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PMID39001267
PMCPMC11241412

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