[Possibilities of NMR tomography in studying the normal anatomicotopographic function of the kidneys]

Renal function was examined in 23 healthy persons using the VMT-1100 NMR-tomograph (Brucker, FRG). Two methods for obtaining an image were employed: the reconstruction of inversion and a spin-echo technique with a different echo time lag (28 and 56 Ms) and an interval pulse continuity of 1000 and 1500 Ms with a section thickness of 1.25 or 0.75 cm. Practically all formations of the abdominal cavity were clearly defined on the transverse sections. The kidneys were represented as the paired formations distinctly restricted from the surrounding tissue. The capsule, cortex, medulla, renal vascular pedicle and calyce were visualized.