ReviewClinical kidney journal2025
Multiparametric MRI: can we assess renal function differently?
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- Multiparametric functional MRI for detection of early renal allograft dysfunction after kidney transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nephrology · 2026Pooled it
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- Integrating kidney imaging for risk prediction, therapeutic monitoring, and prognostication across the kidney disease spectrum: a review of emerging evidence.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Review
- Intra- and interobserver variability in renal multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging: T1 mapping, diffusion-weighted imaging, arterial spin labeling, blood oxygen level-dependent and renal artery flow measurements utilizing manual segmentation.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Kidney MRI Texture Analysis-A Universal Assessment of Kidney State and Function?Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Insight into Kidney Function and Microstructure Through Renal MRI-Review of the Literature.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Diagnostic performance of mDIXON-Quant imaging in assessing glomerulosclerosis severity for chronic kidney disease: a comparative study of R2* and fat fraction parameters.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging of the healthy feline kidney.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Early diagnosis of radiation-induced renal injury: from lagging indicators to multimodal, pre-fibrotic detection.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Effect of posture on renal volume: evaluation using multi-posture MRI.Radiological physics and technology · 2025Article
- Medullary sponge kidney: in-depth phenotyping for a better understanding of functional and structural abnormalities.Journal of nephrology · 2025Article
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- A Comprehensive Framework for Kidney Function Assessment: Summary of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Reimagining Kidney Function Assessment Workshop.Kidney international reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
We are lacking tools to evaluate renal performance. In this review, we presented the current knowledge and potential future applications in nephrology of new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, focusing on diffusion-weighted (DWI) MRI, blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI, and magnetic resonance relaxometry (T1 and T2 mapping). These sequences are sensitive to early changes in biological processes such as perfusion, oxygenation, edema, or fibrosis without requiring contrast medium injection and avoids irradiation and nephrotoxicity. Combining these different sequences into the so-called "multiparametric MRI" enables noninvasive, repeated exploration of renal performance on each kidney separately. DWI MRI, which evaluates the movement of water molecules, is a promising tool for noninvasive assessment of interstitial fibrosis and the cortical restricted diffusion has a prognostic value for the deterioration of renal function in diabetic nephropathy. BOLD MRI is sensitive to changes in renal tissue oxygenation based on the paramagnetic properties of deoxyhemoglobin and is of particular interest in the setting of renal artery stenosis to assess tissue oxygenation in the post-stenotic kidney. This sequence can be used for predicting degradation of renal function in chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and might be useful in preclinical studies to assess nephroprotective and nephrotoxic effects of drugs in development. T1 and T2 relaxation times change with tissue water content and might help assessing renal fibrosis. A corticomedullary dedifferentiation in T1 has been observed in CKD and negatively correlates with glomerular filtration rate. Data on the significance of T2 values in renal imaging is more limited. Multiparametric MRI has the potential to provide a better understanding of renal physiology and pathophysiology, a better characterization of renal lesions, an earlier and more sensitive detection of renal disease, and an aid to personalized patient-centered therapeutic decision-making. Further data and clinical trials are needed to allow its routine application in clinical practice.
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