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This work proposes an AI-based polyp detection framework for virtual colonoscopy (VC). Two main steps are addressed in this work: automatic segmentation to isolate the colon region from its background, and automatic polyp detection. Moreover, we evaluate the performance of the proposed framework on low-dose Computed Tomography (CT) scans. We build on our visualization approach, Fly-In (FI), which provides \u201cfilet\u201d-like projections of the internal surface of the colon. The performance of the Fly-In approach confirms its ability with helping gastroenterologists, and it holds a great promise for combating CRC. In this work, these 2D projections of FI are fused with the 3D colon representation to generate new synthetic images. The synthetic images are used to train a RetinaNet model to detect polyps. The trained model has a 94% f1-score and 97% sensitivity. Furthermore, we study the effect of dose variation in CT scans on the performance of the the FI approach in polyp visualization. A simulation platform is developed for CTC visualization using FI, for regular CTC and low-dose CTC. This is accomplished using a novel AI restoration algorithm that enhances the Low-Dose CT images so that a 3D colon can be successfully reconstructed and visualized using the FI approach. 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