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How we do it: functional magnetic resonance urography in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

Key takeaways

Doctors explain how they run a special MRI scan, called functional MR urography, in children born with problems in the kidneys or urinary tract. The scan shows both the shape of the kidneys and how well urine drains out of them, with no X-ray radiation. This is a how-to guide written for radiologists, not a study of patients, so it reports no results.

Who did this work

Lorenzo Anfigeno (Istituto Giannina Gaslini) · Luca Basso (Istituto Giannina Gaslini) · Giulia Gnocchi (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) · Luca Barbieri (Istituto Giannina Gaslini) · Edoardo Minetti (University of Genoa) · Beatrice Olivi (University of Padua) · Enrico Verrina (Istituto Giannina Gaslini) · Girolamo Mattioli (Istituto Giannina Gaslini) · Maria Beatrice Damasio (Istituto Giannina Gaslini)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-10
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-026-06745-5