Functional evaluation of transplanted kidneys using arterial spin labeling MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-89

  Heusch, Philipp ^a   Wittsack, Hans Jörg ^a   Blondin, Dirk ^a   Ljimani, Alexandra ^a   Nguyen Quang, Michael ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^b   Zenginli, Hakan ^a   Bilk, Philip ^a   Kröpil, Patric ^a   Heusner, Till A ^a   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Lanzman, Rotem S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASL perfusion; MRI; renal function; transplanted kidney

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SPIN LABELING; STEADY STATE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902386268     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24336     Document Type: Article

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