Renal BOLD-MRI Does Not Reflect Renal Function: A Prospective Study in 368 Patients

Henrik J. Michaely¹, Linda Metzger¹, Ulrike I. Attenberger¹, Stefan Haneder¹, Stefan O. Schoenberg¹

Static BOLD imaging at 1.5T and 3T in a broad patient collective of more than 300 patients did not reveal any correlations between the cortical or medullary R2* value and patients' age or renal function as assessed by the MDRD formula.