Articles tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Fibrosis Burden in Renal Allograft with Chronic Damage Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
J. Wen,¹ W. Wang,² X. Ni,¹ Y. Yu,³ J. Chen,¹ L. Zhang,³ Z. Liu.¹
¹Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; ²Nanjing Medical University, Jinling Clinical Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; ³Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Background: Renal allograft fibrosis burden is a strong prognosticator for chronic damage and can only be accurately measured through transplant biopsy at present. We hypothesized…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen by ¹⁹F MRI of Microcapsules Implanted IP in Non-Human Primates.
S. Safley,¹ M. Graham,² M. Garwood,³ K. Papas,⁵ B. Weegman,^3,4 G. Barber,¹ E. Lin,¹ J. Leisen,⁷ A. Sambanis,⁶ B. Hering,² C. Weber.¹
¹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Sylvatica Biotech, Inc., Charleston, SC; ⁵Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁶School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; ⁷School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Since our encapsulated NHP islet allografts and porcine islet xenografts fail after i.p. transplantation in immunosuppressed NHPs without a cellular or humoral immune response, we…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Planning Genitourinary Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: A Pre-Operative Imaging Protocol.
I. Schol, T. Drijkoningen, G. Choy, R. Liu, C. Tanrikut, P. Holzer, D. Ko, C. Cetrulo.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Study purpose: To define the ideal pre-operative imaging protocol necessary for proper planning of a genitourinary vascularised composite allotransplantation (GUVCA) procedure.Methods: The multidisciplinary GUVCA team…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Persufflation Improves Viability and Function of Porcine Kidneys Relative to Static Cold Storage.
C. Min,¹ L. Steyn,² A. Pandey,³ R. Harland,² J.-P. Galons,⁴ K. Papas.²
¹Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ²Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ³Electrical and Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁴Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
The use of marginal organs demands optimization of organ storage and quality assessments prior to transplantation. Organs from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are exposed…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Glucose Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI of Acute Renal Allograft Rejection
D. Kentrup,¹ A. Busch,² H. Pawelski,¹ V. Hoerr,^2,3 S. Reuter.¹
¹Department of Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; ²Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; ³Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Purpose: During acute rejection episodes large amounts of immune cells infiltrate renal grafts, leading to inflammation accompanied by an increased glucose metabolism.Given these circumstances we…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Re-Evaluate the Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis After Renal Transplantation Based On New Unenhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography By Using Spatial Labeling With Multiple Inversion Pulses
J. Wen,¹ L. Zhang,² Y. Li,² X. Li,¹ Z. Zhang,¹ J. Chen,¹ D. Cheng,¹ Z. Liu.¹
¹Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Nanjing, China; ²Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Nanjing, China.
Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) after renal transplantation was underestimated because of the low sensitivity of ultrasound and the contrast induced renal damage on the…