Linking non-invasive parametric MRI with invasive physiological measurements (MR-PHYSIOL): Towards a hybrid and integrated approach for investigation of acute kidney injury in rats

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 673-689

  Pohlmann, A ^a   Cantow, K ^b   Hentschel, J ^a   Arakelyan, K ^a,b   Ladwig, M ^b   Flemming, B ^b   Hoff, U ^b   Persson, P B ^b   Seeliger, E ^b   Niendorf, T ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Invasive physiological methods; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR PHYSIOL; Renal oxygenation; Renal perfusion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPEROXIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PERFUSION; RATS;

EID: 84874674591     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12065     Document Type: Review

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