Renal perfusion imaging by MRI

JL Zhang, VS Lee - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Renal perfusion can be quantitatively assessed by multiple magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) methods, including dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE), arterial spin labeling (ASL) …

[HTML][HTML] Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal diffusion-weighted MRI

A Ljimani, A Caroli, C Laustsen, S Francis… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Standardization is an important milestone in the validation of DWI-based
parameters as imaging biomarkers for renal disease. Here, we propose technical …

Intravoxel incoherent motion modeling in the kidneys: comparison of mono‐, bi‐, and triexponential fit

S van Baalen, A Leemans, P Dik… - Journal of magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate if a three‐component model correctly describes the diffusion signal in
the kidney and whether it can provide complementary anatomical or physiological …

Diffusion tensor imaging in abdominal organs

RS Lanzman, HJ Wittsack - NMR in Biomedicine, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Initially, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was mainly applied in studies of the human brain to
analyse white matter tracts. As DTI is outstanding for the analysis of tissue´ s microstructure …

Assessment of renal allograft function early after transplantation with isotropic resolution diffusion tensor imaging

W Fan, T Ren, Q Li, P Zuo, M Long, C Mo, L Chen… - European …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the value of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography in
renal allografts at the early stage after kidney transplantation. Methods This study was …

In vivo demonstration of microscopic anisotropy in the human kidney using multidimensional diffusion MRI

F Nery, F Szczepankiewicz, L Kerkelä… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of multidimensional diffusion MRI to probe and
quantify microscopic fractional anisotropy (µFA) in human kidneys in vivo. Methods Linear …

A tri-exponential model for intravoxel incoherent motion analysis of the human kidney: in silico and during pharmacological renal perfusion modulation

R van der Bel, OJ Gurney-Champion, M Froeling… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the kidneys, there is both blood flow through the capillaries and flow of pre-urine through
the tubuli and collecting ducts. We hypothesized that diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI measures …

Determining subject-specific lower-limb muscle architecture data for musculoskeletal models using diffusion tensor imaging

JP Charles, CH Moon… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Accurate individualized muscle architecture data are crucial for generating subject-specific
musculoskeletal models to investigate movement and dynamic muscle function. Diffusion …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging of the kidney: design and evaluation of a reliable processing pipeline

P Borrelli, C Cavaliere, L Basso, A Soricelli… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is particularly suitable for kidney studies due to tubules,
collector ducts and blood vessels in the medulla that produce spatially restricted diffusion of …

Salutary effects of estrogen sulfate for traumatic brain injury

H Kim, B Cam-Etoz, G Zhai, WJ Hubbard… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Estrogen plays an important role as a neuroprotector in the central nervous system (CNS),
directly interacting with neurons and regulating physiological properties of non-neuronal …