title: The Digital Microscopy in Organ Transplantation: Ergonomics of the Tele-Pathological Evaluation of Renal and Liver Grafts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ergonomics of Digital Microscopy (DM) based on virtual slides, on Telemedicine Systems (TS) for Tele-Pathological (TPE) evaluation of the grafts (G) in organ transplantation (OT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Simulation of DM on TS based TPE by 2 specialists on a total of 238 human Renal Graft (RG) and 172 Liver Graft (LG) tissues digital microscopic images diagnosing inflammatory and neoplastic lesions on four different electronic spaces (ES).
  
  
  RESULTS
  DM on TS for TPE in OT is elaborated perfectly on the ES of a Desktop, followed by the ES of the applied Exp.-TS. Tablet and Mobile-Phone ES seem significantly risky for the application of DM in OT (p&lt;.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Integration of DM on TS for TPE is feasible, while ergonomics of post-grafting and pre-transplant decision support and planning depend on the size of the working ES.
authors.affiliation: IKY Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece-Siemens Program.
authors.forename: Constantinos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine (NKUA).
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazaris
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostopanagiotou
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: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019113:Telepathology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface