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Telemedicine for Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis in Rural Rwanda: Concordance and Accuracy of Image Reviews.

Bethany Hedt GauthierElizabeth MirandaTheoneste NkurunzizaOlivia HughesAdeline A BoatinErick GajuAlexi MatousekTeena CherianRobert RivielloFredrick Kateera
Published in: World journal of surgery (2022)
We demonstrate decent accuracy but only moderate consistency for photograph-based SSI diagnosis. Strategies to improve overall agreement include providing clinical information to accompany photographs, providing a baseline photograph for comparison, and implementing photograph-taking processes aimed at improving image quality.
Keyphrases
  • surgical site infection
  • image quality
  • computed tomography
  • south africa
  • deep learning
  • high intensity
  • healthcare
  • machine learning
  • social media
  • contrast enhanced