Early and late assessment of renal allograft dysfunction using intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI): a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the ability of the Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) and monoexponentially ADC in renal allograft function in the early and late phases of transplantation, and to predict their effectiveness in discrimination of the graft pathology.

Methods

This is a prospective study included participants scanned with quantitative diffusion and perfusion sequences on a 3-T MR scanner (Philips, Ingenia); the ADC and IVIM parameters; were calculated. Correlations and regression analysis with the eGFR, transplantation periods, and pathology were assessed.

Results

This study included 105 renal allograft recipients (85 males, and 20 females with mean age = 32.4 ± 11.9 years and age range = 22-61 years). There was a significant positive correlation between the whole p

SUBMITTER: El-Ksas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11519223 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature