Abstract #0816

An MR compatible kidney perfusion system to assess kidney function and organ preservation.

Abhishek Pandey^1,2, Catherine Min³, Zhitao Li^1,2, Kevin Johnson⁴, Leah Steyn³, William Purvis³, Robert C. Harland⁵, Klearchos K. Papas⁵, Puneet Sharma⁶, Diego R Martin¹, Manojkumar Saranathan¹, and Jean-Philippe Galons¹

¹Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, ²Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, ³Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, ⁴Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., United States, ⁵Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, ⁶Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, United States

A MR-compatible kidney perfusion system is presented to assess the quality of kidney preservation schemes for transplantation. DCE-MRI is used to estimate and compare the glomerular filtration rate (GRF) in kidneys following a 24 hrs cold gaseous oxygen perfusion (persufflation) Vs a standard 24 hrs cold ischemic storage.

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