Diffusion-weighted MRI in the identification of renal parenchymal involvement in children with a first episode of febrile urinary tract infection
DW-MRI exhibited excellent diagnostic performance in detecting pyelonephritic foci, with substantial inter-reader agreement among expert radiologists, indicating the reliability of the technique. However, a weak correlation was observed between laboratory parameters and DW-MRI results, potentially because of the low rate of negative DW-MRI findings.
Authors
- Lorenzo Anfigeno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-1810)
- Alberto La Valle
- Elio Castagnola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-8429)
- Enrico Verrina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5178-1949)
- Monica Bodria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9690-9945)
- Emanuela Piccotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1569-0222)
- Clelia Formigoni
- Giorgio Piaggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-9997)
- Maria Beatrice Damasio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6737-1090)
- Francesca Lembo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-3952)
- Andrea Wolfler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6389-3692)
- Maria Ludovica Degl’Innocenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6126-6780)
- L. Santini
- Alice Boetto
Institutions
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University of Genoa (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Radiology
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fradi.2024.1452902
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.33