Peter Vermathen1, Sonia C. Simon-Zoula2, Tobias Binser1, Thomas M. Kessler3, Maria Triantafyllou2, Chris Boesch1, Urs E. Studer3, Harriet C. Thoeny2
1Dept. Clinical Research / AMSM, University
Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Department of Radiology, University &
Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland; 3Department of Urology, University
& Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
BOLD-MRI yields the relaxation rate R2*, which is considered to be inversely
related to tissue pO2. This study aimed at determination whether
response to treatment in ureteral obstruction can be monitored by BOLD-MRI.