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Fig. 2 | BMC Nephrology

Fig. 2

From: Detection of water-molecular-motion configuration in patients with lupus nephritis: a primary study using diffusion-weighted imaging

Fig. 2

Configuration of renal-parenchyma ADC values in LN patients and healthy volunteers. Four samples of ADC values from one healthy volunteer (a and b) and one patient with LN (c and d) are shown. In the healthy volunteer, the majority of ADC values in the renal parenchyma fluctuated with a slight magnitude (Panel a). Sporadically lower ADC values of regions scattered in the renal parenchyma, especially in the medullary zone (Panel b). In the LN patient, a broad region of renal tissue displayed attenuated ADC values, even in the cortical zone (Panel c). A heterogeneity of ADC values was readily detected in renal tissue (Panel d)

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