Lihua Chen1, Tao Ren1, Yu Zhang2, Chenglong Wen1, and Wen Shen1
1Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China, People's Republic of, 2Philips healthcare, Beijing, China, People's Republic of
To detect the changes
of kidney diseases, magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) as
a noninvasive approach has been proved to be more suitable for detecting and monitoring
diabetic nephropathy(DN). Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and blood oxygenation level
dependent (BOLD) MR imaging have been confirmed their high potential in
detecting changes of renal function in patients with chronic renal diseases and
transplanted kidneys. We compared the parameters of IVIM and BOLD in patients
with DN and heathy controls. The results demonstrated the capacity of IVIM and
BOLD for reflecting renal perfusion, diffusion and oxygenation changes in
patients with DN.
