Assessment of the renal corticomedullary (23)na gradient using isotropic data sets
OPEN Academic radiology | 19 Mar 2013
S Haneder, S Konstandin, JN Morelli, LR Schad, SO Schoenberg and HJ Michaely
Abstract
(23)Na magnetic resonance imaging is a promising technique for the noninvasive imaging of renal function. Past investigations of the renal corticomedullary [(23)Na] gradient have relied on imaging only in the coronal plane and on cumbersome calculations of [(23)Na], which require the use of external phantoms. The aim of this study is therefore two-fold: to use an isotropic three-dimensional data set to compare coronal measurements of renal [(23)Na] relative to measurements obtained in planes along the corticomedullary gradients and to investigate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (23)Na signal as an internal reference standard, obviating the need for time-intensive [(23)Na] calculations.
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- Statistics, Level set, Multiple sclerosis, Data set, Brain, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Cerebrospinal fluid, Magnetic resonance imaging
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