MR Elastography in Renal Transplant Patients and Correlation with Renal Allograft Biopsy. A Feasibility Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 834-841

  Lee, Christine U ^a   Glockner, James F ^a   Glaser, Kevin J ^a   Yin, Meng ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Kim, Bohyun ^a   Kremers, Walter K ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a   Gloor, James M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Magnetic resonance elastography; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84862493994     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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