Impact of blood flow on diffusion coefficients of the human kidney: A time‐resolved ECG‐triggered diffusion‐tensor imaging (DTI) study at 3T

P Heusch, HJ Wittsack, P Kröpil… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the impact of renal blood flow on apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC)
and fractional anisotropy (FA) using time‐resolved electrocardiogram (ECG)‐triggered …

Ability and utility of diffusion-weighted MRI with different b values in the evaluation of benign and malignant renal lesions

S Doğanay, E Kocakoc, M Cicekci, S Ağlamiş… - Clinical radiology, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM: To evaluate the ability and the utility of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) with high and low b values to visualize benign and malignant renal lesions …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging of the kidneys: influence of b-value and number of encoding directions on image quality and diffusion tensor parameters

NC Chuck, G Steidle, I Blume, MA Fischer… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate to which degree investment of
acquisition time in more encoding directions leads to better image quality (IQ) and what …

FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF HYDRONEPHROSIS BY DIFFUSION‐WEIGHTED MR IMAGING: Relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient and split …

S Toyoshima, K Noguchi, H Seto, M Shimizu… - Acta …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To determine the relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values
measured by diffusion‐weighted MR imaging and split renal function determined by renal …

Comparison of readout‐segmented and conventional single‐shot for echo‐planar diffusion‐weighted imaging in the assessment of kidney interstitial fibrosis

I Friedli, LA Crowe, T de Perrot… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare readout‐segmented echo‐planar imaging (EPI)(RESOLVE) to single‐
shot EPI (ss‐EPI) diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) for the assessment of renal interstitial …

Comparison of biexponential and monoexponential model of diffusion weighted imaging in evaluation of renal lesions: preliminary experience

H Chandarana, VS Lee, E Hecht, B Taouli… - Investigative …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To obtain intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters with biexponential
analysis of multiple b-value diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and compare these …

Motion artifact reduction of diffusion‐weighted MRI of the liver: use of velocity‐compensated diffusion gradients combined with tetrahedral gradients

M Ozaki, Y Inoue, T Miyati, H Hata… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To assess the effect of motion artifact reduction on the diffusion‐weighted magnetic
resonance imaging (DWI‐MRI) of the liver, we compared velocity‐compensated DWI (VC …

Motion compensated abdominal diffusion weighted MRI by simultaneous image registration and model estimation (SIR-ME)

S Kurugol, M Freiman, O Afacan… - … Image Computing and …, 2015 - Springer
Non-invasive characterization of water molecule's mobility variations by quantitative analysis
of diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) signal decay in the abdomen has the potential to serve …

Motion correction of multi-b-value diffusion-weighted imaging in the liver

Y Mazaheri, RKG Do, A Shukla-Dave, JO Deasy, Y Lu… - Academic radiology, 2012 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Motion artifacts are a significant source of error in the
acquisition and quantification of parameters from multi-b-value diffusion-weighted imaging …

Single breath‐hold diffusion‐weighted imaging of the abdomen

LC Chow, R Bammer, ME Moseley… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To generate high quality diffusion‐weighted images (DWI) and corresponding
isotropic ADC maps of the abdomen with full organ (kidneys) coverage in a single breath …