The Feasibility and Effectiveness Study for Tele-ultrasonography

NCT ID: NCT02271048

Last Updated: 2015-04-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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Purpose

\- The investigators aim to evaluate the feasibility of remote interpretation for ultrasound images using a smartphone based realtime image transmission system.

Methods

A total of 100 echocardiography examinations; 50 showed the ejection fraction above 50% and remaining 50 cases showed the ejection fraction under 50%, and 100 abdominal ultrasound images; 50 had signs of acute appendicitis and the other 50 had no findings of appendicitis will be consecutively selected. The 12 raters review these original images using an LCD monitor of the ultrasound machine and also an iPhone which is connected to the ultrasound machine via remote image transmission system (CubeView, Alpinion medical system, Seoul, Korea), evaluating left ventricular systolic function (for echocardiography) by measuring the ejection fraction and grading the probability of presence of acute appendicitis on each examination by a five Likert scale.

The sensitivity and specificity between two devices will be compared and the diagnostic performance between two devices will be also compared. The image quality between two devices will be measured using the double stimulation impairment scale (DSIS)

Detailed Description

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The 12 raters are randomly divided into two groups

The raters in group one review the echocardiographies examinations numbered from one to 50 using LCD monitor of ultrasound machine and review the remaining 50 examinations numbered from 51 to 100 using iPhone with CubeView at their first visit The other group firstly review echocardiography numbered from one to 50 using iPhone with CubeView and 51 to 100 with the LCD monitor.

They visit twice with an interval of four weeks and review the echocardiography examinations using revered devices at each session. They also review abdominal ultrasound images on the same plan as reviewing echocardiography.

When they review the echocardiography, the raters measure the ejection fraction by visual estimation (1=obviously normal EF, 2 = probably normal EF, 3 = unsure, 4 = probably reduced EF, 5 = obviously reduced EF). In cate of d the abdominal ultrasound, they are instructed to rate the likelihood of the presence or absence of appendicitis in each case using a five-Likert scale (1 = obvious no appendicitis, 2 = unlikely appendicitis, 3 = unsure, 4 = likely appendicitis, 5 = obvious appendicitis).

Conditions

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Teleradiology

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group I

The raters in this group one firstly review ultrasound images numbered from one to 50 using LCD monitor of ultrasound machine and after mandatory rests of 20 minutes, review the remaining ultrasound examinations numbered from 51 to 100 using iPhone display with CubeView at their first visit.(Remote ultrasonography interpretation using the smartphone)

They visited twice with an interval of four weeks and reviewed the ultrasound images using revered devices at each session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Remote ultrasonography interpretation using the smartphone

Intervention Type DEVICE

The reviewers interpreted the ultrasonography images on the smartphone transmitted from the ultrasound machine in real time

Group II

The raters in this group II firstly review the ultrasound images numbered from one to 50 using iPhone with CubeView (Remote ultrasonography interpretation using the smartphone) and 51 to 100 with the LCD monitor.

They visited twice with an interval of four weeks and reviewed the ultrasound images using revered devices at each session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Remote ultrasonography interpretation using the smartphone

Intervention Type DEVICE

The reviewers interpreted the ultrasonography images on the smartphone transmitted from the ultrasound machine in real time

Interventions

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Remote ultrasonography interpretation using the smartphone

The reviewers interpreted the ultrasonography images on the smartphone transmitted from the ultrasound machine in real time

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Smartphone (A1530, iPhone 5S, USA)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Board certified emergency physicians with a ultrasound experience of 4 years and over.

Exclusion Criteria

* Corrected eyesight \< 20/30
* Color weakness or blindness
Minimum Eligible Age

33 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Hanyang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Changsun Kim

Clinical assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bo Seung Kang, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hanyang University

Locations

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Hanyang university guri hospital, Department of emergency medicine

Guri-si, GyeongGido, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26620200 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2014-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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