Open AccessAssessment of Renal Fibrosis with Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging: Study with Murine Model of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction
Author(s) -
Osamu Togao,
Shigehiro Doi,
Makoto Kuro-o,
Masaki Takao,
Noriaki Yorioka,
Masaya Takahashi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.10091735
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , fibrosis , effective diffusion coefficient , magnetic resonance imaging , echo planar imaging , pathology , urology , radiology
To test, in a murine model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO), whether the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-derived apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changes during the progression of renal fibrosis and correlates with the histopathologic changes observed in renal fibrogenesis.