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Abstract #4680

Free Breathing Renal BOLD Signal Frequency Assessment Following Diuresis

Brendan Boyd1, Michael D. Noseworthy2

1School of Biomedical Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 2Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


Real time, free breathing, T2*-weighted (BOLD) images of the kidneys were retrospectively motion corrected and analyzed for physiologic spectral energies. Following induced diuresis a corresponding decrease in cardiac BOLD signal frequency energy was observed in the renal cortex. We hypothesize this corresponds to a decrease in O2 utilization due to decreased renal H2O reabsorption.