Selection for biopsy of kidney transplant patients by diffusion-weighted MRI

ConclusionCombinedqualitative andquantitative DW-MRI might allow physicians to determine the severity of histopathologic findings in biopsies of a high number of kidney transplant patients.Key points•Qualitative DW-MRI is highly specific when predicting the severity of kidney transplant biopsy.•Allografts appearing heterogeneous on ADC are associated with severe histopathologic findings.•Combining qualitative and quantitative DW-MRI parameters improves the classification ’s sensitivity and accuracy.•Kidney transplant biopsies might be spared by combining qualitative and quantitative DW-MRI.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research