The use of Diffusion Weighted Imaging and Intravoxel Incoherent Motion to Assess Edema and Perfusion in Abdominal Organs during Endotoxemia.
Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) technique probing the microscopic movement of water molecules in tissue, allows for the quantification of water diffusivity and the contribution of perfusion to the total amount of water. In the last decades, its use in organs other than the brain has increased and it has successfully been applied to abdominal organs; otherwise the use of DWI