Machine Learning Method Identifies Precancerous Colon Polyps (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Machine Learning Method Identifies Precancerous Colon Polyps

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Top: Axial CT colonography images show representative colorectal polyps (arrow) in the training set. Bottom: Corresponding histopathologic work-up. (Hematoxylin-eosin staining; original magnification 320.) A, An 8-mm hyperplastic polyp in the ascending colon of a 54-year-old woman with hyperplastic epithelia. B, An 8-mm tubular adenoma in the sigmoid colon of a 68-year-old man with tubular growth pattern and elongated nuclei. C, An 11-mm tubulovillous adenoma in the rectum of a 73-year-old man with tubulovillous growth pattern and elongated nuclei.

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