Articles tagged "Image analysis"

2020 American Transplant Congress
High Laminin Alpha 5 Expression is Observed in the Pancreas of Chronic Pancreatitis Patients and Correlates with Poor Autologous Islet Transplant Outcome
Y. Liu, K. Kumano, S. Vasu, C. M. Darden, M. Lawrence, B. Naziruddin
Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: During chronic pancreatitis (CP), the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the pancreas is destroyed by a vicious cycle of parenchymal autodigestion by digestive exocrine enzymes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Deep Learning for Living Donor Surgery: AI Recognition of Surgical Video to Develop Navigation Systems for Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
M. Nishihara¹, K. Iwadoh², M. Noriyuki¹, I. Koyama², I. Nakajima², M. Tonsho¹
¹Transplant Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Kidney Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Laparoscopic surgery for living donors requires high safety, thus establishing of navigation system for surgical operation is urged. The purpose of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Impact of Peritumoral Neutrophil Infiltration on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation
M. Najjar¹, K. Halazun², M. Mondal¹, A. Srivastava¹, M. Moore¹, E. Rizk¹, R. Gartrell¹, H. Remotti¹, L. Fazlollahi¹, E. Verna¹, A. Griesemer¹, A. Mathur¹, B. Samstein², J. Emond¹, Y. Saenger¹
¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Peritumoral neutrophil (PMN) infiltration has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in various tumors; however, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains understudied. Moreover,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Neonatal Tolerance Induction: Behaviours of Allogeneic Spleen and Bone Marrow Inocula in Neonatal Mice are Largely Determined by the Nature of Their CD8 T Cells
R. A. Bascom, K. Tao, L. J. West
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Injected adult allo-spleen (SC) and bone marrow cells (BMC) traffic to secondary lymphoid organs, proliferate and spread throughout neonatal mice; allo-SC consistently cause acute…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Steatosis by PDFF Affects Percent Remnant Liver Regeneration in Living Donors without Impacting on Clinical Outcomes
A. Duarte-Rojo, Q. Qi, K. Chupetlovska, D. R. Jorgensen, A. A. Borhani, A. Furlan, S. Ganesh, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Mild steatosis (5-33% of fat) is not expected to affect liver regeneration following partial hepatectomy. Novel methods to assess steatosis, such as proton density…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Transplant Type and Previous Transplant on Baseline Donor-Derived Cell Free DNA
K. K. Sureshkumar, B. Chopra
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Donor derived-cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a biomarker useful in predicting acute rejection in renal allografts. The technology uses next generation sequencing and does…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Photo Elicitation Interviewing Exposes Educational Discordance Amidst a Web of Resources among Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. R. Montgomery, M. J. Kirsch, A. Rau, M. E. Byrnes, S. A. Waits
General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Comprehensive patient education is the bedrock of success for kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Despite the importance, we have a poor understanding of how patients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Alterations in Brain Metabolites before and after Kidney Transplant
A. Gupta¹, P. Lee², R. Lepping³, A. Jurgensen¹, J. Klein¹, P. Adany⁴, D. Cibrik¹, J. Burns⁵, W. Brooks³, I. Choi⁶
¹Division of Nephrology, The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, Alzheimer’s Disease Center,, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁴Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁵Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁶Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: End stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with accumulation of uremic metabolites and poor cognitive performance. Alterations in brain metabolites are associated with cognitive…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Anastomosis Post-Operative Anatomy Influences Doppler Ultrasound Systolic Acceleration Time after Liver Transplantation
R. A. Choudhury, A. Yule, K. Conzen, E. A. Pomfret, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Prolongation of the systolic acceleration time (SAT) and decreased resistive index (R/I) of the proper hepatic artery following liver transplant have been associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Predicts Insulin Secretion Ability at 1 Year after Pancreas Transplantation
N. Aida¹, T. Kenmochi¹, T. Ito¹, K. Kurihara¹, A. Kawai¹, T. Nishikawa², I. Hiratsuka³, M. Shibata³, A. Suzuki³, M. Hasegawa⁴, M. Kusaka⁵, M. Hoshinaga⁵
¹Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan, ²Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas Diseases, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan, ³Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan, ⁴Nephrology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan, ⁵Urology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
*Purpose: We have previously reported that contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is useful to evaluate the graft circulation and to predict the endocrine function of the…