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- Title
Functional MRI in transplanted kidneys.
- Authors
Ljimani, Alexandra; Wittsack, Hans-Jörg; Lanzman, Rotem S.
- Abstract
Renal transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage renal diseases. Improvement of immunosuppressive therapy has significantly increased the half-life of renal allografts over the past decade. Nevertheless, complications can still arise. An early detection of allograft dysfunction is mandatory for a good outcome. New advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have enabled the noninvasive assessment of different functional renal parameters in addition to anatomic imaging. Most of these techniques were widely tested on renal allografts in past decades and a lot of clinical data are available. The following review summarizes the comprehensive, functional MRI techniques for the noninvasive assessment of renal allograft function and highlights their potential for the investigations of different etiologies of graft dysfunction.
- Subjects
FUNCTIONAL magnetic resonance imaging; KIDNEY transplantation; HOMOGRAFTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; DIAGNOSTIC imaging
- Publication
Abdominal Radiology, 2018, Vol 43, Issue 10, p2615
- ISSN
2366-004X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-018-1563-7