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Medicine, General & Internal
Chih-Horng Wu, Tai-Shuan Lai, Yung-Ming Chen, Chyi-Mong Chen, Shun-Chung Yang, Po-Chin Liang
Summary: This study compares CT and MRI images between PKD and control groups, and finds that sarcopenia may be masked by cysts in patients with PKD.
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Acoustics
Christy Cathreen Thomas, Manisha Jana, Aditi Sinha, Arvind Bagga, Anupama Ramachandran, Dipin Sudhakaran, Arun Kumar Gupta
Summary: Renal cysts in children may be caused by hereditary diseases, and diagnosis requires a multidisciplinary approach involving radiology, pathology, and genetics.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Urology & Nephrology
Kyongtae T. Bae, Cheng Tao, Robert Feldman, Alan S. L. Yu, Vicente E. Torres, Ronald D. Perrone, Arlene B. Chapman, Godela Brosnahan, Theodore I. Steinman, William E. Braun, Michal Mrug, William M. Bennett, Peter C. Harris, Avantika Srivastava, Douglas P. Landsittel, Kaleab Z. Abebe
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the associations of polycystic liver progression with other disease progression variables and classify liver progression on the basis of patient's age, height-adjusted liver cystic volume, and height-adjusted liver volume. The use of height-adjusted liver cystic volume showed greater separations in volumetric progression of polycystic liver disease.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Anna Caroli, Timothy L. Kline
Summary: In the context of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), measurement of the total kidney volume (TKV) is crucial for tracking disease progression and evaluating treatment effectiveness. Technological advancements have allowed for accurate assessment of cyst burden, which is important for identifying rapid progressors. Characterization and quantification of non-cystic kidney tissue show potential for stratifying patients and predicting renal function loss. Radiomics and various imaging techniques offer valuable information for early detection and assessment of ADPKD progression.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Xiuzhen Yao, Weiqun Ao, Jianhua Fang, Guoqun Mao, Chuanghua Chen, Lifang Yu, Huaijie Cai, Chenke Xu
Summary: This case demonstrates the importance of imaging examinations in the diagnosis and evaluation of CD concomitant with ARPKD.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Charlotte E. Buchanan, Huda Mahmoud, Eleanor F. Cox, Benjamin L. Prestwich, Rebecca A. Noble, Nicholas M. Selby, Maarten W. Taal, Susan T. Francis
Summary: This study used multiparametric renal MRI to assess CKD progression. It found that lower renal cortex perfusion and higher T-1 in the cortex and medulla may predict CKD progression. Additionally, renal cortex T-1, TKV, and ADC could be useful for monitoring the progression of CKD.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Chenchen Hua, Lu Qiu, Leting Zhou, Yi Zhuang, Ting Cai, Bin Xu, Shaowei Hao, Xiangming Fang, Liang Wang, Haoxiang Jiang
Summary: This study aimed to identify optimized MRI markers for evaluating chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal interstitial fibrosis (IF). The results showed that multiparametric MRI combining T1 mapping and diffusion imaging can be clinically useful for non-invasive assessment of CKD and IF.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Anna Caroli, Giulia Villa, Paolo Brambilla, Matias Trillini, Kanishka Sharma, Sandro Sironi, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Norberto Perico, Andrea Remuzzi
Summary: This study presents and validates a diffusion MRI (DWI)-based method for quantifying total kidney and cyst volume (TCV) and characterizing non-cystic tissue microstructure in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). DWI shows potential in ADPKD to assess and predict disease progression, evaluate the impact of novel therapies, and identify microcysts and peritubular interstitial fibrosis in non-cystic kidney tissue.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Stefano Di Pietro, Alfredo Gaetano Torcitto, Carmelita Marcantoni, Gabriele Giordano, Christian Campisi, Giovanni Failla, Licia Saporito, Rosa Giunta, Massimiliano Veroux, Pietro Valerio Foti, Stefano Palmucci, Antonio Basile
Summary: This study assessed the performance of two methods, the ellipsoid method and the semi-automatic segmentation method, for measuring total kidney volume (TKV) and single kidney volume (SKV) in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic renal disease (ADPKD). The results showed that the semi-automatic segmentation method had better inter-observer reproducibility, while the ellipsoid method was more affected by inter-observer variability, especially when performed by operators with limited experience.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Anish Raj, Fabian Tollens, Laura Hansen, Alena-Kathrin Golla, Lothar R. Schad, Dominik Noerenberg, Frank G. Zoellner
Summary: This study aims to improve TKV estimation based on U-Net by incorporating attention mechanisms, cosine loss function, and sharpness aware minimization technique, enhancing the accuracy of kidney segmentation. Experimental results demonstrate significant performance improvements using these methods with only 100 MRI datasets.
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Urology & Nephrology
Jiong Zhang, Yuanmeng Yu, Xiaoshuang Liu, Xiong Tang, Feng Xu, Mingchao Zhang, Guotong Xie, Longjiang Zhang, Xiang Li, Zhi-Hong Liu
Summary: This study established representative mapping models by combining histology-proven renal fibrosis with imaging to validate the effectiveness of MRI in assessing fibrosis in the kidney. The results demonstrated significant associations between MRI parameters, histological variables, and renal fibrosis, providing valuable insights for clinical implementation to evaluate fibrosis and kidney function.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Iris Friedli, Seema Baid-Agrawal, Robert Unwin, Arvid Morell, Lars Johansson, Paul D. Hockings
Summary: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious healthcare problem worldwide, and non-invasive biomarkers are needed for early diagnosis and disease monitoring. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may provide a solution for DKD diagnosis and assessment.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Pierre De Marini, Ian Leonard-Lorant, Loic Leclerc, Pierre Auloge, Thibault Tricard, Danoob Dalili, Julien Garnon, Herve Lang, Afshin Gangi
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed a 10-year experience of renal tumor cryoablation on a 1.5 T MRI unit, showing acceptable morbidity and high survival estimates. Further studies are needed to evaluate whether the potential reduced incidence of adverse events justifies large-scale implementation of this interventional modality.
INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Liang Pan, Jie Chen, Tingting Zha, Liqiu Zou, Jinggang Zhang, Peijie Jin, Jiao Luo, Wei Xing
Summary: The study demonstrates that MRI texture analysis can be valuable in evaluating the presence and severity of early renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, with different texture features showing strong correlations with histopathology parameters. This suggests potential diagnostic applications for MRI texture analysis in early renal injury assessment.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Urology & Nephrology
Xue-Song Li, Qing-Juan Zhang, Jiang Zhu, Qing-Qing Zhou, Yu-Sheng Yu, Zhang-Chun Hu, Zi-Yi Xia, Liang Wei, Xin-Dao Yin, Hong Zhang
Summary: Medullary FA values (m-FA), TKV, and the product of m-FA values and TKV (m-FA-TKV) were significantly correlated with eGFR. ROC curve analysis showed that m-FA-TKV exhibited better diagnostic performance than m-FA values.
INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
