RENAL PREFUSION IN HUMANS - MR-IMAGING WITH SPIN TAGGING OF ARTERIAL WATER

Authors
ROBERTS DA DETRE JA BOLINGER L INSKO EK LENKINSKI RE PENTECOST MJ LEIGH JS
Citation
Da. Roberts et al., RENAL PREFUSION IN HUMANS - MR-IMAGING WITH SPIN TAGGING OF ARTERIAL WATER, Radiology, 196(1), 1995, pp. 281-286
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
196
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1995)196:1<281:RPIH-M>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The authors tested a noninvasive technique for magnetic resonance imag ing of perfusion in human kidneys. Magnetic labeling (spin tagging) of aortic arterial water was performed to generate an endogenous tracer. Breath-hold renal perfusion images obtained in seven volunteers yield ed average perfusion rates in cortex and medulla of 278 mL . 100 g(-1) . min(-1) +/- 55 (standard error) and 55 mL . 100 g(-1) min(-1) +/- 25 , respectively.