Diagnostic performance of renal cortical elasticity by supersonic shear wave imaging in pediatric glomerular disease.

Purpose: To explore the diagnostic performance of renal cortical elasticity expressed by Young's modulus (YM) using the supersonic shear wave imaging (SSI) technique in pediatric glomerular disease.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-one children with glomerular disease confirmed by renal biopsy and sixty healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. Conventional and SSI ultrasound examinations were performed in all individuals for both kidneys.

Comparison of Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging-Derived Renal Parenchyma Stiffness Between Diabetes Mellitus Patients With and Without Diabetic Kidney Disease.

This study aims to evaluate the difference in renal parenchyma stiffness assessed by measuring Young's modulus (YM) using a supersonic shear wave imaging (SSI) technique among healthy patients and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) with and without diabetic kidney disease (DKD). We analyzed the correlations of YM with clinical information and conventional ultrasound parameters. All patients (N = 124) were divided into three groups: (i) healthy patients (patients without kidney disease or type 2 DM, N = 31); (ii) patients with type 2 DM without kidney disease (N = 38); and (iii) patients with DKD (N = 55).