Constantinos S Mammas1, Andreas Lazaris2, Georgia Kostopanagiotou3, Chryssa Lemonidou4, Eustratios Patsouris2. 1. IKY Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece-Siemens Program. 2. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine (NKUA). 3. Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). 4. Laboratory of Clinical Applications, Faculty of Nursing (NKUA).
Abstract
AIM: 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). MATERIAL AND 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<.001). CONCLUSION: 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.
AIM: 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). MATERIAL AND 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). CONCLUSION: 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.