The purpose of this study is to evaluate the
effectiveness of 3D PASL and 3D pCASL in assessing RBF in both the renal cortex
and medulla of CKD patients and healthy volunteers. The results showed that RBF
maps derived from 3D pCASL had significantly better image quality than RBF maps
derived from 3D PASL. 3D pCASL has the potential to become a novel non-invasive
and non-contrast MRI technique to assess renal cortical and medullary
perfusion.
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