Histopathological Analysis of Renal Biopsies With Dynamic Full-field Optical Coherence Tomography, a Comparison to Conventional Histopathological Findings in Kidney Transplant Recipients (HARBOR)

Provide a better understanding of the ability of dynamic full-field optical coherence tomography to identify and score the usual Banff lesions comprising interstitial inflammation, tubulitis, intimal arteritis, glomerulitis, peritubular capillaritis, interstitial fibrosis, tubular atrophy, vascular fibrous intimal thickening, glomerular basement membrane double contours, mesangial matrix expansion, arteriolar hyalinosis, hyaline arteriolar thickening, total inflammation and inflammation in the area of both interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy.

Note that the the Banff scoring system has three grades for each lesion : from mild (1) to moderate (2) and severe (3). In each case, the higher the score the worse the outcome, according to the 2018 Reference Guide to the Banff Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology

Provide a better understanding of the ability of dynamic full-field optical coherence tomography to identify the usual Banff diagnostic categories comprising normal biopsy (or biopsy with nonspecific changes), biopsy with antibody-mediated changes, biopsy considered borderline or suspicious for acute T cell-mediated rejection, biopsy with T cell-mediated rejection, biopsy with both interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy, biopsy with changes not considered to be caused by acute or chronic rejection Note that the Banff Diagnostic Categories form the core of the Banff Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology according the 2018 Reference Guide to the Banff Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology