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Renal water molecular diffusion characteristics in healthy native kidneys: assessment with diffusion tensor MR imaging.
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- The value of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal diffusion-weighted MRI.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Pooled it
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Kidney: Design and Evaluation of a Reliable Processing Pipeline.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Cardiac-Gated Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Kidney Function in Patients With Kidney Cancer.Kidney international reports · 2026Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging of the healthy feline kidney.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Correlation between statin use and 30 day mortality in patients with acute kidney injury after intracerebral hemorrhage: a retrospective analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging of renal cortex in lupus nephritis.Japanese journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Diffusion-weighted imaging in the assessment of renal function in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Multi-parametric MRI of kidney disease progression for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: mouse model and initial patient results.Pediatric research · 2021Article
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Rat Models of Preclinical Diabetic Nephropathy: A Preliminary Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- MRI for diagnosis of post-renal transplant complications: current state-of-the-art and future perspectives.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Review
- Non-invasive evaluation of renal structure and function of healthy individuals with multiparametric MRI: Effects of sex and age.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Renal fat fraction and diffusion tensor imaging in patients with early-stage diabetic nephropathy.European radiology · 2018Observational
- Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging assessments of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease progression and response to therapy in an animal model.Pediatric research · 2018Article
- Preliminary Study of MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Pancreas for the Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis.PloS one · 2016Article
- Preliminary Study of MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Liver for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo explore the characteristics of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in healthy native kidneys.
methodsSeventy-three patients without chronic kidney disease underwent DTI-MRI with spin echo-echo planar (SE-EPI) sequences accompanied by an array spatial sensitivity encoding technique (ASSET). Cortical and medullary mean, axial and radial diffusivity (MD, AD and RD), fractional anisotropy (FA) and primary, secondary and tertiary eigenvalues (λ1, λ2, λ3) were analysed in both kidneys and in different genders.
resultsCortical MD, λ2, λ3, and RD values were higher than corresponding medullary values. The cortical FA value was lower than the medullary FA value. Medullary λ1 and RD values in the left kidney were lower than in the right kidney. Medullary λ2, and λ3 values in women were higher than those in men. Medullary FA values in women were lower than those in men. Medullary FA (r = 0.351, P = 0.002) and λ1 (r = 0.277, P = 0.018) positively correlated with eGFR. Medullary FA (r = -0.25, P = 0.033) negatively correlated with age.
conclusionsRenal water molecular diffusion differences exist in human kidneys and genders. Age and eGFR correlate with medullary FA and primary eigenvalue.
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