kidney, kindey tumor, renal cell carcinoma
Conditions
Interventions
Diffusion MRI scan, including diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI), intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and tractography
Sponsors
University of Twente
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * Volunteers are healthy * Volunteers and subjects are 18 year or older. • Volunteers and subjects are capable and prepared to sign an informed consent. • Subjects are eligible for radical nephrectomy • Subjects are planned to undergo nephrectomy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Subjects and volunteers with contra-indications for MRI (like a pacemaker, claustrophobia). • Subjects and volunteers with large (known) deviation in kidney anatomy (like horseshoe kidney). • Refusal of volunteers and subjects to be informed of chance findings possibly relevant to their health. • Subjects and volunteers with kidney pathologies (other than kidney tumor)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| De primaire onderzoeksvariabelen zijn de diffusie-MRI verkregen parameters: FA, MD, pseudodiffusie coefficienten en perfusie fracties. Deze worden gecorreleerd aan de histologisch vastgestelde tumor type (clear cell, chromophobe, cystic en papillary renal cell carcinoma). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactS. van Baalen
Postbus 217
Outcome results
None listed