Shear wave elastography: a review on the confounding factors and their potential mitigation in detecting chronic kidney disease

WTH Lim, EH Ooi, JJ Foo, KH Ng, JHD Wong… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Early detection of chronic kidney disease is important to prevent progression of irreversible
kidney damage, reducing the need for renal transplantation. Shear wave elastography is …

Similarities and controversies in imaging of pediatric renal tumors: A SIOP‐RTSG and COG collaboration

JN van der Beek, M Artunduaga… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant renal tumors are rare in children, and Wilms tumors (WTs) are the most common
subtype. Imaging plays an essential role in the diagnosis, staging, and follow‐up of these …

Cardiac phase and flow compensation effects on renal flow and microstructure anisotropy MRI in healthy human kidney

EE Sigmund, A Mikheev, IM Brinkmann… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Renal diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) involves microstructure and
microcirculation, quantified with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), intravoxel incoherent motion …

Multiparametric renal MRI: An intrasubject test–retest repeatability study

A de Boer, AA Harteveld, B Stemkens… - Journal of magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Renal multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a promising tool
for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring in kidney disease. Purpose To determine …

Characterization of motion dependent magnetic field inhomogeneity for DWI in the kidneys

N Gilani, A Mikheev, IM Brinkmann, D Basukala… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the abdomen has increased dramatically for
both research and clinical purposes. Motion and static field inhomogeneity related …

Quantitative diffusion MRI of the abdomen and pelvis

D Hernando, Y Zhang, A Pirasteh - Medical physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion MRI has enormous potential and utility in the evaluation of various abdominal and
pelvic disease processes including cancer and noncancer imaging of the liver, prostate, and …

Diffusion Tensor Imaging in early prediction of renal fibrosis in patients with renal disease: Functional and histopathological correlations

MK Nassar, D Khedr, HG Abu‐Elfadl… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Retrospective Distortion and Motion Correction for Free‐Breathing DW‐MRI of the Kidneys Using Dual‐Echo EPI and Slice‐to‐Volume Registration

J Coll‐Font, O Afacan, S Hoge, H Garg… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Diffusion‐weighted MRI (DW‐MRI) of the kidneys is a technique that provides
information about the microstructure of renal tissue without requiring exogenous contrasts …

Mapping kidney tubule diameter ex vivo by diffusion MRI

D Morozov, N Parvin, JR Charlton… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Tubular pathologies are a common feature of kidney disease. Current metrics to assess
kidney health, in vivo or in transplant, are generally based on urinary or serum biomarkers …

Geometric distortion correction of renal diffusion tensor imaging using the reversed gradient method

RP Lim, JC Lim, JR Teruel, E Botterill… - Journal of computer …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Renal echo planar diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has clinical potential but suffers from
geometric distortion. We evaluated feasibility of reversed gradient distortion correction in 10 …