Estimation of Total Kidney Volume in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

摘要

Background: In autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), obtaining measured total kidney volume (mTKV) by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and manual tracing is time consuming. Two alternative MR imaging methods have recently been proposed to estimate TKV (eTKV(ellipsoid) and eTKV(PANK)), which require less time.