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 …

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 …

Aim Renal fibrosis (RF) is a well‐known marker of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
progression. However, renal biopsy is an available tool for evaluation of RF, non‐invasive …

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

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 …

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

Aim To assess the performance of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for
the assessment of renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD), with histopathology as a …

Context: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a reliable noninvasive tool to assess renal
function with medullary Fractional Anisotropy (FA) values showing the most consistent …

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

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