Preliminary Evaluation of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of the Kidney with a Spiral IVIM Sequence

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-22

  Tsuda, Kyo ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Sakurai, Kousuke ^b   Harada, Koushi ^c   Kim, Tonsok ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^a   Tomoda, Kaname ^a   Narumi, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Izumi, Masaaki ^a   Tsukamoto, Tetsuji ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Kaizuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Kidney; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030641158     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Ono J, Harada K, Takahashi M, et al: Differentiation between dysmyelination and demyelination using magnetic resonance diffusional anisotropy. Brain Res 671: 141-148, 1995
2. Tsuruda JS, Chew WM, Moseley ME, et al: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the brain: value of differentiating between extraaxial cysts and epidermoid tumors. AJNR 11: 925-931, 1990
3. Le Bihan D, Breton E, Lallemand D, et al: MR imaging of intravoxel incoherent motions: application to diffusion and perfusion in neurologic disorders. Radiology 161: 401-407, 1986
4. Le Bihan D, Breton E, Lallemand D, et al: Separation of diffusion and perfusion in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging. Radiology 168: 497-505, 1988
5. Chenevert TL, Brunberg JA, Pipe JG: Anisotropic diffusion in human white matter: demonstration with MR techniques in vivo. Radiology 177: 401-405, 1990
6. Moseley ME, Cohen Y, Kucharczyk J, et al: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of anisotropic water diffusion in cat central nervous system. Radiology 176: 439-445, 1990
7. Sakuma H, Nomura Y, Takeda K, et al: Adult and neonatal human brain: diffusional anisotropy and myelination with diffusion-weighted MR imaging. Radiology 180: 229-233, 1991
8. Muller MF, Prasad P, Siewert B, et al: Abdominal diffusion mapping with use of a whole-body echo-planar system. Radiology 190: 475-478, 1994
9. Muller MF, Prasad PV, Bimmler D, et al: Functional imaging of the kidney by means of measurement of the apparent diffusion coefficient. Radiology 193: 711-715, 1994
10. Lorenz CH, Pickens DRd, Puffer DB, et al: Magnetic resonance diffusion/perfusion phantom experiments. Magn Reson Med 19: 254-260, 1991
11. Macovski A: Volumetric NMR imaging with time-varying gradients. Magn Reson Med 2: 29-40, 1985
12. Mezrich R: A perspective on K-space. Radiology 195: 297-315, 1995
13. Meyer CH, Hu BS, Nishimura DG, et al: Fast spiral coronary artery imaging. Magn Reson Med 28: 202-213, 1992
14. Noll DC, Cohen JD, Meyer CH, et al: Spiral K-space MR imaging of cortical activation. J Magn Reson Imaging 5: 49-56, 1995
15. Pickens DRd, Jolgren DL, Lorenz CH, et al: Magnetic resonance perfusion/diffusion imaging of the excised dog kidney. Invest Radiol 27:287-292, 1992
16. Powers TA, Lorenz CH, Holburn GE, et al: Renal artery stenosis: in vivo perfusion MR imaging. Radiology 178: 543-548, 1991