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A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)

BACKGROUND: The reports of ultrasound evaluation of lower limb veins are difficult to understand by general practitioners (GPs) and physicians who are not specialized. We developed software for a three-dimensional (3D) electronic report of venous hemodynamic mapping (MEVeC(®)) in order to represent...

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Autores principales: Galeandro, Aldo Innocente, Scicchitano, Pietro, Zito, Annapaola, Galeandro, Cristina, Gesualdo, Michele, Ciciarello, Francesco, Cecere, Annagrazia, Marzullo, Andrea, Contursi, Vincenzo, Annicchiarico, Annamaria, Ciccone, Marco Matteo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214793
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S63068
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author Galeandro, Aldo Innocente
Scicchitano, Pietro
Zito, Annapaola
Galeandro, Cristina
Gesualdo, Michele
Ciciarello, Francesco
Cecere, Annagrazia
Marzullo, Andrea
Contursi, Vincenzo
Annicchiarico, Annamaria
Ciccone, Marco Matteo
author_facet Galeandro, Aldo Innocente
Scicchitano, Pietro
Zito, Annapaola
Galeandro, Cristina
Gesualdo, Michele
Ciciarello, Francesco
Cecere, Annagrazia
Marzullo, Andrea
Contursi, Vincenzo
Annicchiarico, Annamaria
Ciccone, Marco Matteo
author_sort Galeandro, Aldo Innocente
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description BACKGROUND: The reports of ultrasound evaluation of lower limb veins are difficult to understand by general practitioners (GPs) and physicians who are not specialized. We developed software for a three-dimensional (3D) electronic report of venous hemodynamic mapping (MEVeC(®)) in order to represent lower limb venous vasculature in a 3D way. The aim of the study is to compare the novel 3D report with the standard report. METHODS: Thirty subjects (medical students and GPs) evaluated a standard report and a novel 3D report of the lower limb veins of a prespecified patient. The cases were randomly and blindly taken from an archive of 100 cases. GPs and students answered a questionnaire made up of 13 questions that were structured in order to investigate the readability and comprehension of the two reports. A score ranging from 0 to 10 (0= not understandable; 10= full comprehension) was attributed to each report for each question according to the readability of the venous scheme proposed. RESULTS: The scores from each question of the questionnaire were compared. The 3D report (MEVeC(®)) obtained higher scores than those from the evaluation of the standard report (P<0.0001). Each question revealed the superiority of the 3D report (MEVeC(®)) as compared with the standard report of the ultrasound evaluation of lower limbs. When dividing the scores according to percentiles, the 3D report (MEVeC(®)) still continued to show more readability than the standard report in a statistically significant way (P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: The new 3D report (MEVeC(®)) concerning ultrasound evaluation of lower limb veins is more reproducible than the standard report when evaluated by medical physicians not specialized in the evaluation of the vein tree of lower limbs.
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spelling pubmed-41593642014-09-11 A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®) Galeandro, Aldo Innocente Scicchitano, Pietro Zito, Annapaola Galeandro, Cristina Gesualdo, Michele Ciciarello, Francesco Cecere, Annagrazia Marzullo, Andrea Contursi, Vincenzo Annicchiarico, Annamaria Ciccone, Marco Matteo Vasc Health Risk Manag Original Research BACKGROUND: The reports of ultrasound evaluation of lower limb veins are difficult to understand by general practitioners (GPs) and physicians who are not specialized. We developed software for a three-dimensional (3D) electronic report of venous hemodynamic mapping (MEVeC(®)) in order to represent lower limb venous vasculature in a 3D way. The aim of the study is to compare the novel 3D report with the standard report. METHODS: Thirty subjects (medical students and GPs) evaluated a standard report and a novel 3D report of the lower limb veins of a prespecified patient. The cases were randomly and blindly taken from an archive of 100 cases. GPs and students answered a questionnaire made up of 13 questions that were structured in order to investigate the readability and comprehension of the two reports. A score ranging from 0 to 10 (0= not understandable; 10= full comprehension) was attributed to each report for each question according to the readability of the venous scheme proposed. RESULTS: The scores from each question of the questionnaire were compared. The 3D report (MEVeC(®)) obtained higher scores than those from the evaluation of the standard report (P<0.0001). Each question revealed the superiority of the 3D report (MEVeC(®)) as compared with the standard report of the ultrasound evaluation of lower limbs. When dividing the scores according to percentiles, the 3D report (MEVeC(®)) still continued to show more readability than the standard report in a statistically significant way (P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: The new 3D report (MEVeC(®)) concerning ultrasound evaluation of lower limb veins is more reproducible than the standard report when evaluated by medical physicians not specialized in the evaluation of the vein tree of lower limbs. Dove Medical Press 2014-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4159364/ /pubmed/25214793 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S63068 Text en © 2014 Galeandro et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
spellingShingle Original Research
Galeandro, Aldo Innocente
Scicchitano, Pietro
Zito, Annapaola
Galeandro, Cristina
Gesualdo, Michele
Ciciarello, Francesco
Cecere, Annagrazia
Marzullo, Andrea
Contursi, Vincenzo
Annicchiarico, Annamaria
Ciccone, Marco Matteo
A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title_full A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title_fullStr A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title_full_unstemmed A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title_short A three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color Doppler of the lower limbs: MEVeC(®)
title_sort three-dimensional electronic report of a venous echo color doppler of the lower limbs: mevec(®)
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214793
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S63068
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