Evaluating Renal Transplant Status Using Viscoelastic Response (VisR) Ultrasound

Chronic kidney disease is most desirably and cost-effectively treated by renal transplantation, but graft survival is a major challenge. Although irreversible graft damage can be averted by timely treatment, intervention is delayed when early graft dysfunction goes undetected by standard clinical metrics. A more sensitive and specific parameter for delineating graft health could be the viscoelastic properties of the renal parenchyma, which are interrogated non-invasively by Viscoelastic Response (VisR) ultrasound, a new acoustic radiation force (ARF)-based imaging method.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - May 10, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Md Murad Hossain, Mallory R. Selzo, Robert M. Hinson, Leslie M. Baggesen, Randal K. Detwiler, Wui K. Chong, Lauren M. Burke, Melissa C. Caughey, Melrose W. Fisher, Sonya B. Whitehead, Caterina M. Gallippi Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research