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Purpose
The increasing incidence of kidney diseases is a global concern, and current biomarkers and treatments are inadequate. Changes in renal tubule luminal volume fraction (TVF) serve as a rapid biomarker for kidney disease and improve understanding of renal (patho)physiology. This study uses the amplitude of the long T2 component as a surrogate for TVF in rats, by applying multiexponential analysis...