Morphological and functional evaluation of chronic kidney disease using magnetic resonance imaging
Morphological and functional evaluation of chronic kidney disease using magnetic resonance imaging作者机构:Department of Nephrology Faculty of Medicine Saitama Medical UniversitySaitama 350-0495 Japan Department of Diagnostic Radiology Saitama Medical University International Medical CenterSaitama 350-1298 Japan
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Urology》 (世界临床泌尿杂志)
年 卷 期:2014年第3卷第3期
页 面:325-329页
学科分类:10[医学]
主 题:Magnetic resonance imaging Chronic kidney disease Blood oxygenation level-dependent effect Diffusion-weighted imaging Diffusion tensor imaging Arterial spin labeling Fibrosis Hypoxia Functional magnetic resonance imaging
摘 要:X-ray computed tomography(CT),ultrasonography(US)and radionuclide scanning are important clinical methods for evaluating morphology of the *** modalities are also applicable for estimating kidney function with time lapse analysis using proper contrastmedia as may be *** the case of US,it can estimate kidney function based on the measurement of blood flow using the Doppler ***,magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)was an inappropriate diagnostic imaging technique for abdominal organs because of their respiratory ***,MRI is now actively used for kidney as well as liver or other parenchymal organs,in tandem with the technological *** unenhanced X-ray CT,conventionalMRI can distinguish the border between cortex and medulla in T1 or T2 weighted *** was known that the border blurred with decreasing kidney ***,several other particular imaging methods were introduced in recent years,and these could be calledfunctional*** this review,the following are discussed:functional MRI for chronic kidney disease,which include blood oxygenation level-dependent MRI for evaluation of hypoxia,diffusion-weighted imagingfor evaluation of fibrosis,diffusion tensor imaging for evaluation of microstructure,and arterial spin labeling to evaluate the amount of organ perfusion,accompanied with several related *** ultimate goal of functional MRI is to provide useful in vivo information repeatedly for daily medical treatment non-invasively.