Functional MRI of the kidneys

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-293

  Zhang, Jeff L ^a   Rusinek, Henry ^b   Chandarana, Hersh ^b   Lee, Vivian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

functional; kidney; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M; WATER;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TUBULE; NEPHRON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING RENOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL AUTOREGULATION; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SODIUM ABSORPTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 84872911845     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23717     Document Type: Review

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