Abstract #0271

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) of the kidneys incorporating advanced geometric distortion correction using reversed phase encoding images.

Jose Teruel^1,2, Jeremy C. Lim³, Eric E. Sigmund⁴, Elissa Botterill⁵, Jas-mine Seah⁶, Shawna Farquharson⁷, Elif E. Ekinci^6,8, and Ruth P. Lim^5,9

¹Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ²St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, ³Department of Radiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States, ⁵Department of Radiology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Department of Endocrinology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Florey Neuroscience Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸Department of Endocrinology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁹Departments of Radiology and Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Diffusion tensor imaging is emerging as a promising technique for structural and functional evaluation of the kidneys. However, diffusion sequences employing echo planar imaging readout are prone to geometric distortions due to static field inhomogeneities arising from different magnetic susceptibilities from adjacent tissues and bowel gas. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of distortion correction using a reversed phase encoding approach for diffusion tensor imaging of healthy controls and patients with Type 1 diabetes.

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