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Table 2 CAD System Needs

From: Medical needs related to the endoscopic technology and colonoscopy for colorectal cancer diagnosis

 

N

%

According to your experience, which is the MOST helpful indicator to establish the malignancy of a lesion?

 Paris classification

21

23.3

 Vascularity

12

12.9

 Lesion surface (granularity / no granularity)

11

12.1

 Kudo’s pit pattern

44

47.8

Existing methods are NOT simple or reproducible enough

31

34.1

How would you prefer to be alerted to the detection of a polyp?

 Audible alarm

11

11.1

 Visual cue on screen (away from the endoscopic image)

43

43.4

 Highlighting the polyp on the endoscopic image (augmented display)

72

72.7

How would you like to receive the feedback on the diagnosis suggestion?

 Audible alarm

3

3.6

 Traffic light cues (Green – benign, Yellow – pre-malign, Red – malign)

70

83.3

 Text

26

31.0

I would completely remove large non polypoid lesions with more confidence if I had a CAD system

79

86.8

The CAD system could contribute to detect the residual lesion of a piecemeal polypectomy scar

84

92.3