THE FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF THE TRANSPLANTATION KIDNEY WITH THE POWER DOPPLER WITH TIME/SIGNAL INTENSITY CURVES
M La Rosa, R Farina, F Pennisi, L Mauro, L Salvo, M Pennisi, G Mazzone, G Bocchetti, L Schillaci · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2005 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Purpose: In this study the power Doppler with Time/signal intensity curves was used to study the functioning of the transplanted kidney both in absence of illness, and with complications (acute tubular necrosis and chronic rejection), in order to identify path gnomonic patterns. The Time/signal intensity curves allow one to obtain a representation of the phase of wash-in and wash-out of the kidney after intravenous administration of the ultrasound contrast agent. They show graphically the values of the signal and therefore of the concentration of the contrast agent present in the kidney in a given time. Methods…