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Abstract #2984

Diffusion-Weighted MRI in the Kidney Pre- & Post-Transplantation in Donor-Recipient Pairs

Karl Kristopher Vigen1, Sean B. Fain2, Elizabeth A. Sadowski1

1Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 2Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States


Water diffusion measured with MR diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has been suggested as a means of studying tissue microstructure changes and can potentially be estimated using the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Using donor-recipient pairs, this study aims to understand the normal response of water diffusion in kidneys undergoing transplantation compared to the remaining donor kidney.

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