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Table 1.

Current MRI Techniques and its Utility in Renal Disease

MRI Technique	Readout
BOLD	Oxygen delivery, Vascular reactivity
qBOLD	Local oxygen saturation
DCE	Perfusion
	Glomerular filtration
	Blood volume
	Vessel size
	Vascular reactivity
ASL	Perfusion
DWI, DTI	Perfusion, Tissue injury, Fibrosis
IVIM	Perfusion
MT	Cell death, Urine retention, Fibrosis
MRE	Fibrosis
MRSI	Metabolism
CEST	Metabolites, pH
CF-MRI	Glomerular number and size
	Glomerular barrier function
	Glomerular lesion
Targeted SPIO	Molecular imaging
²³Na-MRI	Fluid homeostasis
	Renal function and injury