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29 August 2023

From Tool to Team Member: A Second Set of Eyes for Polyp Detection

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 176, Number 9
And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus, who with four eyes looks every way. And the goddess stirred in him unwearying strength: sleep never fell upon his eyes; but he kept sure watch always.
Aegimius, Fragment #5
AI should be thought of as an Alien Intelligence; it does not learn or reason in the same way we humans do.
—Jasjeet Sekhon
In the endoscopy suite, we are entering an era where computer algorithms are moving from tools to team members with a second set of unwearying eyes. A body of evidence suggests the same …

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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 176Number 9September 2023
Pages: 1271 - 1272

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Published online: 29 August 2023
Published in issue: September 2023

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Dennis L. Shung, MD, MHS, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-1842
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Corresponding Author: Dennis L. Shung, MD, MHS, PhD, Yale University, P.O. Box 208019, New Haven, CT 06520; e-mail, [email protected].
This article was published at Annals.org on 29 August 2023.

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