Integrated Tele-radiological and Tele-pathological Evaluation of Pulmonary Grafts for Reducing the Rate of Injured and Diseased Grafts, in Lung Transplant

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014:202:291-4.

Abstract

Aim: Feasibility and reliability assessment of the integrated Tele-Radiological (TRE) and Tele-Pathological (TPE) evaluation of the Pulmonary Graft (PG) on Telemedicine Systems, in Lung Transplant (LT).

Material and methods: Sensitivity-specificity by simulating TRE of PG on 15 MR thoracic images by two radiologists and TPE by 20 specialists based on a total of 100 human PG digital images.

Results: Integration of TRE and TPE of PG showed an accuracy of 94.1% for hematomas and 97.1% for neoplastic identification.

Conclusion: Integrated TRE and TPE of PG is feasible and reliable for reducing the rate of injured and diseased PG in LT.

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / methods
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration*
  • Graft Rejection / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Rejection / etiology
  • Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
  • Greece
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Lung Transplantation / methods*
  • Systems Integration
  • Telepathology / organization & administration*
  • Teleradiology / organization & administration*
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting / adverse effects
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*