Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is more sensitive than dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy in detecting parenchymal lesions in children with acute pyelonephritis: AÂ prospective study

DW-MRI has higher sensitivity for detecting acute renal inflammatory lesions and multifocal lesions than DMSA-SRS. The incidence of scars was low and corresponded with the anatomical location of acute and late lesions.140Fig. Acute inflammatory changes in the right kidney on DMSA-SRS (A) and DW-MRI (B) in our study.