FUNCTIONAL MR UROGRAPHY - PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN CONGENITAL OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHIES

  • R G Nicolaescu 1“Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Children’s Hospital 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bucharest, Romania
  • R Capșa 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bucharest, Romania 3Fundeni Clinical Institute
  • T Enache 1“Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Children’s Hospital
  • Ioana Gabriela Lupescu 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bucharest, Romania 3Fundeni Clinical Institute
  • I Gherghina 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bucharest, Romania 4”Alessandrescu-Rusescu” Mother and Child’s Health Institute
Keywords: mr urography, congenital obstructive uropathies

Abstract

Congenital obstructive Uropathies are a leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease in children.  The gold-standard for renal functional imaging is Diuretic Renal Scintigraphy. Different alternatives to Renal Scintigraphy have been suggested, many of them based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The accurate morphologic details of MRI with its more specific application - MR-Urography are well known. The prospect of adding functional information is very attractive, as it will make the MRU a comprehensive “all in one” examination for obstructive uropathies. We chose to investigate DCE MR urography and DTI as tools for the evaluation of congenital obstructive uropathies. Also, we suggest a different technique that describes the urinary flow in the collecting system – phase contrast imaging of the urinary flow in the renal pelvis. Therefore we performed three different studies, all with different sets of patients.

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Published
2019-07-05
How to Cite
Nicolaescu, R., Capșa, R., Enache, T., Lupescu, I., & Gherghina, I. (2019). FUNCTIONAL MR UROGRAPHY - PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN CONGENITAL OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHIES. Romanian Journal of Clinical Research, 2(1), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.33695/rjcr.v2i1.22
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