Improvement of renal diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with readout-segmented echo-planar imaging at 3Â T

Despite a longer scan time, RESOLVE enhanced significantly the quality of renal diffusion-weighted images by improving the difference in SI and ADC between the renal cortex and medulla in healthy volunteers. In CKD patients, RESOLVE showed a disappearance of this cortico-medullary ADC difference. These improvements justify further clinical studies.