Utility of 3-dimensional image reconstruction in the diagnosis of small-bowel masses in capsule endoscopy (with video) (original) (raw)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014

Abstract

In small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE), differentiating masses (ie, lesions of higher probability for neoplasia) requiring more aggressive intervention from bulges (essentially, false-positive findings) is a challenging task; recently, software that enables 3-dimensional (3D) reconstruction has become available. To evaluate whether "coupling" 3D reconstructed video clips with the standard 2-dimensional (s2D) counterparts helps in distinguishing masses from bulges. Three expert and 3 novice SBCE readers, blind to others and in a random order, reviewed the s2D video clips and subsequently the s2D clips coupled with their 3D reconstruction (2D+3D). Multicenter study in 3 community hospitals in Italy and a university hospital in Scotland. Thirty-two deidentified 5-minute video clips, containing mucosal bulging (19) or masses (13). 3D reconstruction of s2D SBCE video clips. Differentiation of masses from bulges with s2D and 2D+3D video clips, estimated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC); interobserver agreement. AUC for experts and novices for s2D video clips was .74 and .5, respectively (P = .0053). AUC for experts and novices with 2D+3D was .70 (compared with s2D: P = .245) and .57 (compared s2D: P = .049), respectively. AUC for experts and novices with 2D+3D was similar (P = .1846). The interobserver agreement was good for both experts and novices with the s2D (k = .71 and .54, respectively) and the 2D+3D video clips (k = .58 in both groups). Few, short video clips; fixed angle of 3D reconstruction. The adjunction of a 3D reconstruction to the s2D video reading platform does not improve the performance of expert SBCE readers, although it significantly increases the performance of novices in distinguishing masses from bulging.

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