How reliable is renal ultrasound to measure renal length and volume in patients with chronic kidney disease compared with magnetic resonance imaging?

Acta Radiol. 2020 Jan;61(1):117-127. doi: 10.1177/0284185119847680. Epub 2019 May 15.

Authors

Philippe Braconnier¹, Maciej Piskunowicz², Nima Vakilzadeh¹, Marie-Eve Müller¹, Emilie Zürcher¹, Michel Burnier¹, Menno Pruijm¹

Affiliations

¹ Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland.

PMID: 31091970
DOI: 10.1177/0284185119847680

No abstract available

Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging; chronic kidney disease; kidney volume; renal length; ultrasonography.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Kidney / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Organ Size
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnostic imaging*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / pathology*
Reproducibility of Results
Ultrasonography / methods*