Renal water molecular diffusion characteristics in healthy native kidneys: assessment with diffusion tensor MR imaging.

BACKGROUND: To explore the characteristics of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in healthy native kidneys. METHODS: Seventy-three patients without chronic kidney disease underwent DTI-MRI with spin echo-echo planar (SE-EPI) sequences accompanied by an array spatial s...

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Main Authors: Zhenfeng Zheng, Huilan Shi, Jing Zhang, Yunting Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4254455?pdf=render