title: Integrated Tele-radiological and Tele-pathological Evaluation of Pulmonary Grafts for Reducing the Rate of Injured and Diseased Grafts, in Lung Transplant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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).
  
  
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Integrated TRE and TPE of PG is feasible and reliable for reducing the rate of injured and diseased PG in LT.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: Constantinos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, (NKUA).
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kavantzas
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geropoulos
authors.affiliation: Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Achilles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chanjiioannou
authors.affiliation: Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doteiras
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saatsakis
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Applications, Faculty of Nursing (NKUA).
authors.forename: Chryssa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemonidou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, (NKUA).
authors.forename: Eustratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patsouris
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006115:Greece; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration; D019113:Telepathology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*