TABLE 2.

Organ assessment with magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication details	Study design		Parameters measured for viability testing				Imaging
Authors	Animal	Organ	Hemodynamics	Histology	Blood parameters/gas contents	Organ-specific	Imaging method
Agius 2022 [19]	Pig	Kidney	-	Cortical biopsies Silver Jones and Periodic AcidSchiff staining	-	Urine output	T2-weighted imaging, dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI and 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (pMRSI)
Liu 2007 [20]	Pig	Liver	-	Hemotoxylineosin stained biopsies	Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)	-	Diffusion weighted MRI with contrast enhancement
Mariager 2020 [11]	Pig	Kidney	Flow, pressure and temperature	-	Blood gas, metabolite and electrolyte values	Urine production	T1 and T2 imaging, hyperpolarized spectroscopy and/or spectral spatial imaging and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI
Mariager 2021 [21]			Flow and pressure	-	Blood gas, metabolite and electrolyte values	-	CINE MR imaging, hyperpolarized spectroscopy and/or spectral spatial imaging and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI
Schutter 2021 [22]	Pig and Human	Kidney	Flow and pressure	Cortical punch biopsies Periodic acid– Schiff staining	Arterial blood gas values	Urine composition and production	Arterial spin labelling (ASL)
Schutter 2023 [10]	Pig and Human	Kidney	Flow, pressure and temperature	-	-	Urine production	T2- and T2*-weighted imaging, arterial spin labelling and hyperpolarized spectroscopy and/or spectral spatial imaging
Vaillant 2016 [23]	Pig and sheep	Heart	Left ventricle pressure and flow	-	pH	Heart rate and action potential	Cine imaging, phase contrast for velocity-encoded cine flow imaging, T1 mapping with late gadolinium enhanced mapping and 31P MR spectroscopy.
Yang 2008 [24]	Pig	Heart	Pressure and resistance	Heart slices analysed with near-infrared and various types of staining.	Blood gas values	Heart rate	T1-weighted and contrast (Mn)enhanced MRI