Abstract #2205
High resolution ex-vivo imaging of a rodent kidney with a portable MR-Scanner at 0.5 Tesla: Initial results in relation to state of the art techniques
Florian Lietzmann 1 , Christina Hopfgarten 1 , Jorge Chacn-Caldera 1 , Stefania Geraci 2 , and Lothar R. Schad 1
1
Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine,
Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany,
2
Medical
Research Center, Heidelberg University, Mannheim,
Germany
Renal imaging using MRI is crucial but not available to
many institutions because until now it relied in
high-end systems working at high or ultra high field
strengths. As an alternative, a low-field portable MR-system
which can achieve similar resolutions like a small
animal system can provide images with the demanded
resolution. Purpose of this work is an initial
comparison of the image quality of an acquisition with
the low field system to the state of the art methods. In
all images a distinction between the different tissue
compartments is possible. In conclusion, high resolution
imaging of the kidney need not necessarily be performed
on high field systems. The portable MR system reaches a
sufficient resolution for the distinction of different
renal compartments as well as the identification of an
inner structure of the renal cortex.
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