Maciej Piskunowicz1, Lucie Hofmann2, Emilie Zuercher3, Isabelle Bassi3, Bastien Milani3, Matthias Stuber4, Krzysztof Narkiewicz5, Bruno Vogt6, Michel Burnier3, Menno Pruijm7. 1. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. 2. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. 3. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. 4. Department of Radiology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. 5. Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. 6. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. 7. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: mennopruijm@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess inter-observer variability of renal blood oxygenation level-dependent MRI (BOLD-MRI) using a new method of analysis, called the concentric objects (CO) technique, in comparison with the classical ROI (region of interest)-based technique. METHODS: MR imaging (3T) was performed before and after furosemide in 10 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients (mean eGFR 43±24ml/min/1.73m(2)) and 10 healthy volunteers (eGFR 101±28ml/min1.73m(2)), and R2* maps were determined on four coronal slices. In the CO-technique, R2* values were based on a semi-automatic procedure that divided each kidney in six equal layers, whereas in the ROI-technique, all circles (ROIs) were placed manually in the cortex and medulla. The mean R2*values as assessed by two independent investigators were compared. RESULTS: With the CO-technique, inter-observer variability was 0.7%-1.9% across all layers in non-CKD, versus 1.6%-3.8% in CKD. With the ROI-technique, median variability for cortical and medullary R2* values was 3.6 and 6.8% in non-CKD, versus 4.7 and 12.5% in CKD; similar results were observed after furosemide. CONCLUSION: The CO-technique offers a new, investigator-independent, highly reproducible alternative to the ROI-based technique to estimate renal tissue oxygenation in CKD.
OBJECTIVES: To assess inter-observer variability of renal blood oxygenation level-dependent MRI (BOLD-MRI) using a new method of analysis, called the concentric objects (CO) technique, in comparison with the classical ROI (region of interest)-based technique. METHODS: MR imaging (3T) was performed before and after furosemide in 10 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients (mean eGFR 43±24ml/min/1.73m(2)) and 10 healthy volunteers (eGFR 101±28ml/min1.73m(2)), and R2* maps were determined on four coronal slices. In the CO-technique, R2* values were based on a semi-automatic procedure that divided each kidney in six equal layers, whereas in the ROI-technique, all circles (ROIs) were placed manually in the cortex and medulla. The mean R2*values as assessed by two independent investigators were compared. RESULTS: With the CO-technique, inter-observer variability was 0.7%-1.9% across all layers in non-CKD, versus 1.6%-3.8% in CKD. With the ROI-technique, median variability for cortical and medullary R2* values was 3.6 and 6.8% in non-CKD, versus 4.7 and 12.5% in CKD; similar results were observed after furosemide. CONCLUSION: The CO-technique offers a new, investigator-independent, highly reproducible alternative to the ROI-based technique to estimate renal tissue oxygenation in CKD.
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