Comparison of US Tool With MRI in the Assessment of Transplants Kidney

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This is an observational prospective pilot study of patients who underwent kidney transplantation and they are been referring to MRI scans for post-transplanted kidney assessment. Duration: 18 Months The research team will collect data from the patients after they have signed the informed consent fo...

This is an observational prospective pilot study of patients who underwent kidney transplantation and they are been referring to MRI scans for post-transplanted kidney assessment. Duration: 18 Months The research team will collect data from the patients after they have signed the informed consent form. Data collection will take place in the vascular laboratory unit in the hammersmith hospital. Initially, patients will be approached by their primary nephrology team within the hammersmith hospital. If a patient is prepared to discuss their potential role in this research, then the researchers will discuss the study details at the patient's convenience. Recruitment is completely voluntary and will not affect their routine care, this will be made clear during the discussion regarding the research, and again during the consenting process. Time will be made available for any questions and for the patient to consider recruitment in their own time. Patients will be required to sign their consent before any study-related procedures are carried out. Then their personal identifiable data will be coded and be also Pseudoanonymised. Nationally approved protocol for the scan will be followed including introducing the examiners and explaining the entire procedure. Before the ultrasound examination, there is no follow-up investigation in this study. Study data will be entered into a study database which will consist of a password encrypted stored on a password-protected computer in the vascular lab at Hammersmith Hospital. Only the study researchers will know the study database password.

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