The assessment of renal cortex and parenchymal volume using automated CT volumetry for predicting renal function after donor nephrectomy.

Yosuke MitsuiTakuya SadahiraMotoo ArakiKoichiro WadaRyuta TanimotoYuichi AriyoshiYasuyuki KobayashiMasami WatanabeToyohiko WatanabeYasutomo Nasu

Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2017)

Measuring kidney by CT volumetry is a cost-effective alternative to MAG3 for evaluating SRF and predicting postoperative donor renal function. Both cortex and parenchymal volumetry were similarly effective.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
functional connectivity
patients undergoing
positron emission tomography
machine learning
deep learning
high throughput
robot assisted
magnetic resonance