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. 2021 Jan 21;27(3):281–293. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i3.281

Table 3.

Comparison of the improvement of endoscopists under computer-assisted detection-white-light imaging and computer-assisted detection-narrow-band imaging


2nd phase CAD-WLI assistance
3rd phase CAD-NBI assistance
P value
Sensitivity, % (95%CI)
All, n = 20 86.4 (83.1-89.6) 83.1 (79.6-86.6) 0.162
Experienced, n = 4 96.8 (94.4-99.2) 95.7 (91.8-99.5) 0.454
Mid-level, n = 8 84.5 (80.0-89.0) 82.6 (79.4-85.9) 0.435
Junior, n = 8 83.0 (79.3-86.6) 77.3 (74.9-79.7) 0.008
Specificity, % (95%CI)
All, n = 20 88.7 (86.5-90.8) 94.4 (93.0-95.8) 0.000
Experienced, n = 4 94.5 (87.9-100) 97.2 (93.6-100) 0.310
Mid-level, n = 8 85.9 (84.3-87.4) 92.6 (90.7-94.5) 0.000
Junior, n = 8 88.6 (85.1-92.1) 94.9 (92.5-97.2) 0.003
Accuracy, % (95%CI)
All, n = 20 87.7 (85.5-89.9) 89.7 (87.8-91.5) 0.156
Experienced, n = 4 95.5 (92.4-98.6) 96.5 (93.6-99.4) 0.469
Mid-level, n = 8 85.3 (83.1-87.5) 88.4 (87.1-89.7) 0.012
Junior, n = 8 86.2 (84.2-88.3) 87.5 (86.0-89.0) 0.261
PPV, % (95%CI)
All, n = 20 84.9 (82.2-87.5) 91.6 (89.7-93.6) 0.000
Experienced, n = 4 93.0 (85.1-100) 96.1 (91.4-100) 0.325
Mid-level, n = 8 81.3 (79.4-83.2) 89.2 (86.7-91.7) 0.000
Junior, n = 8 84.4 (80.5-88.2) 91.8 (88.4-95.2) 0.004
NPV, % (95%CI)
All, n = 20 90.1 (87.9-92.3) 88.7 (86.5-90.9) 0.361
Experienced, n = 4 97.7 (96.0-99.3) 96.9 (94.2-99.6) 0.465
Mid-level, n = 8 88.5 (85.6-91.4) 88.1 (86.2-89.9) 0.755
Junior, n = 8 87.8 (85.6-90.1) 85.2 (83.9-86.5) 0.031

CAD: Computer-assisted detection; CI: Confidence interval; NBI: Narrow-band imaging; NPV: Negative predictive value; PPV: Positive predictive value; WLI: Whit-light imaging.