Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of transplanted kidneys: Preliminary report

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-98

  Wypych Klunder, Katarzyna ^a   Adamowicz, Andrzej ^a   Lemanowicz, Adam ^a   Szczesny, Wojciech ^a   Włodarczyk, Zbigniew ^a   Serafin, Zbigniew ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Kidney transplantation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXPONENTIAL APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84901238477     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/PJR.890502     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Sharfuddin A: Renal Relevant Radiology: Imaging in kidney transplantation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2014; 9(2): 416-29
2. Rheinheimer S, Schneider F, Stieltjes B et al: IVIM-DWI of transplanted kidneys: reduced diffusion and perfusion dependent on cold ischemia time. Eur J Radiol, 2012; 81: e951-56
3. Hueper K, Gutberlet M, Rodt T et al: Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography for assessment of renal allograft dysfunction-initial results. Eur Radiol, 2011; 21: 2427-33
4. Sadowski EA, Djamali A, Wentland AL et al: Blood oxygen leveldependent and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging: detecting differences in oxygen bioavailability and blood flow in transplanted kidneys. Magn Reson Imaging, 2010; 28: 56-64
5. Heusch P, Wittsack HJ, Blondin D et al: Functional evaluation of transplanted kidneys using arterial spin labeling MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging, 2013 [Epub ahead of print]
6. Eisenberger U, Thoeny HC, Binser T et al: Evaluation of renal allograft function early after transplantation with diffusion-weighted MR imaging. Eur Radiol, 2010; 20: 1374-83
7. Kellman P, McVeigh ER: Image reconstruction in SNR units: ageneral method for SNR measurement. Magn Reson Med, 2005: 54: 1439-47
8. Thoeny HC, De Keyzer F: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of native and transplanted kidneys. Radiology, 2011; 259: 25-38
9. Thoeny HC, Zumstein D, Simon-Zoula S et al: Functional evaluation of transplanted kidneys with diffusion-weighted and BOLD MR imaging: initial experience. Radiology, 2006; 241: 812-21
10. El-Baz A, Gimel'farb G, El-Ghar MA: New motion correction models for automatic identification of renal transplant rejection. Med Image ComputComput Assist Interv, 2007; 10: 235-43
11. Cheung JS, Fan SJ, Chow AM et al: Diffusion tensor imaging of renal ischemia reperfusion injury in an experimental model. NMR Biomed, 2010; 23: 496-502
12. Jani A, Polhemus C, Corrigan G et al: Determinants of hypofiltration during acute renal allograft rejection. J Am Soc Nephrol, 2002; 13: 773-78
13. Heusch P, Wittsack HJ, Heusner T et al: Correlation of biexponential diffusion parameters with arterial spin-labeling perfusion MRI: results in transplanted kidneys. Invest Radiol 2013; 48: 140-44