New technology can detect kidney diseases earlier than standard methods

Medical Xpress July 10, 2024
Aarhus University

Using an advanced scanner, researchers from Aarhus University, among others, have developed a technology that can detect the earliest changes in the kidney when scar tissue begins to form. Their study is published in the journal Investigative Radiology.

“We can measure changes associated with the production of fibrosis earlier than all current methods, which measure the amount of already produced fibrosis,” says postdoc Nikolaj Bøgh from the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University, who is the lead author of a new study on the technology.

With the technology, known technically as hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate MRI, doctors can now see fibrosis formation before it occurs. This makes it possible to start treatment earlier and potentially prevent irreversible damage to the kidney.

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