title: Telemedicine Systems in Uterine Transplant: A Feasibility and Reliability Study of the Pre-Grafting Teleradiological Evaluation of the Uterus Graft.
abstract: The pre-grafting Tele-Radiological (TRE) evaluation of the Uterus Graft (UG) on Telemedicine Systems, in Uterus Transplant (UT) is studied by diagnostic sensitivity-specificity analysis based on simulation of TRE of the UG on 10 MR sets of female pelvic digital images by two radiologists, assessing a. The vascular variations of the grafts, and b. The inflammatory and neoplastic lesions of the UG. The pre-grafting TRE of the UG showed: a. Diagnostic unreliability for vascular variations, b. A high diagnostic reliability for inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the UG (100%), making the MRI based TRE of the UG in UT, feasible and highly reliable for the remote pre-grafting diagnosis of UG pathologic lesions, but unreliable for integrated vascular anatomic and pathologic UG remote evaluation for pre-grafting and pre-transplant decision support and planning.
authors.affiliation: State Scholarship Foundation, Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece-Siemens Program.
authors.forename: Constantinos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.affiliation: Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, Department of Biomedical Technology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saatsakis
authors.affiliation: Eugenideion Hospital of Athens, Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Loukia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poulou
authors.affiliation: Eugenideion Hospital of Athens, Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toulas
authors.affiliation: B' Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Aretaieion, University Hospital, (NKUA).
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chasiakos
mesh_terms: D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019737:Transplants / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation*