Yael Rosen1, Robert E Lenkinski. 1. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Abstract
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Sodium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the kidneys has been used to spatially map areas of sodium-concentrating activity and to quantify the corticomedullary sodium gradient in various physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. In this case study, sodium MRI of a clinically well-functioning transplanted kidney was performed to determine whether its sodium gradient could be detected and quantified using this method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sodium MRI was performed on a 3T scanner with a commercial rectangular sodium surface coil placed on the lower abdomen over the palpable transplanted kidney. A three-dimensional gradient echo sequence, modified for multinuclear imaging, was applied to acquire (23)Na images. RESULTS: Five main renal pyramids within the medulla were detected, and the corticomedullary sodium gradient was quantified in each renal pyramid by both region of interest-based and pixel-by-pixel analyses, resulting in a mean medulla/cortex signal-to-noise ratio of 1.8 +/- 0.1 (n = 5) and a mean linear increase slope of 1.1 +/- 0.1 relative arbitrary units per mm (n = 5). CONCLUSIONS: The feasibility and usability of (23)Na MRI of a human renal allograft was demonstrated. Further studies are required to determine the clinical significance of this technique in the follow-up of patients after renal transplantation.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Sodium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the kidneys has been used to spatially map areas of sodium-concentrating activity and to quantify the corticomedullary sodium gradient in various physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. In this case study, sodium MRI of a clinically well-functioning transplanted kidney was performed to determine whether its sodium gradient could be detected and quantified using this method. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sodium MRI was performed on a 3T scanner with a commercial rectangular sodium surface coil placed on the lower abdomen over the palpable transplanted kidney. A three-dimensional gradient echo sequence, modified for multinuclear imaging, was applied to acquire (23)Na images. RESULTS: Five main renal pyramids within the medulla were detected, and the corticomedullary sodium gradient was quantified in each renal pyramid by both region of interest-based and pixel-by-pixel analyses, resulting in a mean medulla/cortex signal-to-noise ratio of 1.8 +/- 0.1 (n = 5) and a mean linear increase slope of 1.1 +/- 0.1 relative arbitrary units per mm (n = 5). CONCLUSIONS: The feasibility and usability of (23)Na MRI of a human renal allograft was demonstrated. Further studies are required to determine the clinical significance of this technique in the follow-up of patients after renal transplantation.
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