Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic value of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of renal cortex in
assessment of lupus nephritis (LN) and prediction of its pathological subtypes. Methods …

Background: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a major risk factor for morbidity in systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) and 10% of patients with LN will develop end stage renal disease …

Background Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of most common secondary glomerulonephritis.
There is no ideal method to simultaneously assess renal structure and function in patients …

To evaluate kidney perfusion and diffusion in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE) and define any correlation between laboratory features of renal involvement and …

Rationale and Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of combining split diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI) measurements with split renal parenchymal volume (RPV) for assessing split …

Abstract Background/Aims: Renal pathological changes affect the motion of water
molecules, which can be detected using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). The current …

Background Microstructural changes of lupus nephritis (LN) kidney such as inflammatory
cell infiltration or fibrosis could influence water molecular movement or diffusion, which …

Objective Our objective was to evaluate pathological and functional changes in chronic
kidney disease (CKD) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 3 T. Methods There were fifty …

Objective To assess renal dysfunction in chronic kidney diseases using diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI). Methods Forty-seven patients with impaired renal function (study group) and …

Purpose To demonstrate role of diffusion tensor imaging of the kidney in diabetic patients
and to correlate renal fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of …