Precise measurement of renal filtration and vascular parameters using a two-compartment model for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of the kidney gives realistic normal values

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1320-1330

  Tofts, Paul S ^a,b,e   Cutajar, Marica ^a,c   Mendichovszky, Iosif A ^d   Peters, A Michael ^a   Gordon, Isky ^c  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DCE MRI; GFR; Kidney; Modeling; Quantification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861527034     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2382-9     Document Type: Article

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