Contralateral renal change in a unilateral ureteral obstruction rat model using intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging.
Lingtao ZhangXukai MoZijie JiangWenfeng MaiHaiwei SuZhihua ZhangKunlin YeDandan FuShuangquan ZhaoChangzheng ShiPublished in: Renal failure (2024)
Significant hemodynamic alterations were observed in the contralateral kidney following renal obstruction. IVIM accurately captures changes in the unobstructed kidney. Particularly, the cortical f value exhibits the highest potential for assessing contralateral renal modifications.