Evaluation of transplanted kidneys using blood oxygenation level-dependent MRI at 3 T: A preliminary study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1108-1114

  Park, Sung Yoon ^a   Kim, Chan Kyo ^a   Park, Byung Kwan ^a   Huh, Wooseong ^a   Kim, Sung Ju ^a   Kim, Bohyun ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) MRI; Functional MRI; Kidney; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84860322769     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7253     Document Type: Article

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