ArticleEuropean radiology2021
Detection of renal allograft fibrosis with MRI: arterial spin labeling outperforms reduced field-of-view IVIM.
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- Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging is superior to arterial spin labeling in detecting renal allograft fibrosis.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Advancements in the non-invasive diagnosis of renal fibrosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Quantitative evaluation of fibrosis in idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor by IVIM-DWI.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2025Article
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- Arterial spin labeling combined with T1 mapping for assessment of kidney function and histopathology in patients with long-term renal transplant survival after kidney transplantation.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
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- T1 mapping combined with arterial spin labeling MRI to identify renal injury in patients with liver cirrhosis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the value of reduced field-of-view (FOV) intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and arterial spin labeling (ASL) for assessing renal allograft fibrosis and predicting long-term dysfunction.
methodsThis prospective study included 175 renal transplant recipients undergoing reduced FOV IVIM DWI, ASL, and biopsies. Renal allograft fibrosis was categorized into ci0, ci1, ci2, and ci3 fibrosis according to biopsy results. A total of 83 participants followed for a median of 39 (IQR, 21-42) months were dichotomized into stable and impaired allograft function groups based on follow-up estimated glomerular filtration rate. Total apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC
resultsRBF was different in ci0 vs ci1 (147.9 ± 46.3 vs 126.0 ± 49.4 ml/min/100 g, p = .02) and ci2 vs ci3 (92.9 ± 46.9 vs 70.8 ± 37.8 ml/min/100 g, p = .03). RBF in the stable group was higher than that in the impaired group (144.73 ± 49.33 vs 102.19 ± 47.58 ml/min/100 g, p < .001). AUCs in distinguishing renal allograft fibrosis and predicting long-term allograft dysfunction for RBF were higher than cortical ADC
conclusionCompared to reduced FOV IVIM DWI, ASL was a more promising technique for noninvasively distinguishing renal allograft fibrosis degree and predicting long-term allograft dysfunction. KEY POINTS: • Compared to total ADC from rFOV IVIM DWI, RBF from ASL can distinguish no fibrosis (ci0) vs mild fibrosis (ci1) (p = .02) and moderate fibrosis (ci2) vs severe fibrosis (ci3) (p = .04). • RBF had superior performance than diffusion parameters in discriminating fibrosis (no fibrosis [ci0] vs fibrosis [ci1-3], mild fibrosis [ci0-1] vs moderate to severe fibrosis [ci2-3], non-severe [ci0-2] vs severe [ci3] fibrosis; AUC = 0.76 vs 0.59, p < .001; 0.79 vs 0.68, p = .01; 0.79 vs 0.68, p = .01). • Compared to reduced FOV IVIM DWI, ASL was a more promising technique for noninvasively predicting long-term allograft dysfunction (AUC = 0.76 vs 0.60, p = .04).
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