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UKRIN Kidney Analysis Toolbox (UKAT): A Framework for Harmonized Quantitative Renal MRI Analysis
Alexander J Daniel1, Fabio Nery2, João Sousa3, Charlotte E Buchanan1, Hao Li4, Andrew N Priest4,5, Steven Sourbron3, David L Thomas6,7,8, and Susan T Francis1
1Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 4Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 5Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 6Neuroradiological Academic Unit, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 7Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 8Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
UK Renal Imaging Network Kidney Analysis Toolbox (UKAT) is an open-source Python package for quantitative analysis of renal MRI data. Developed collaboratively across sites and vendors, UKAT aims to harmonise the analysis of multi-vendor studies.
Figure 2: Example B0, B1, T1, T2, R2* and ADC maps generated from the harmonised UKRIN-MAPS protocol using UKAT.
Figure 1: An overview of the modules in the UKAT toolbox showing development progress and future plans.