Renal Medulla and Cortex Strain Elastography in Healthy Individuals

Kidney diseases are a common illness in worldwide. Many invasive and non-invasive methods are used to detect renal disease. Ultrasonic elastography (UE) is one of these techniques and a relatively new one. In this study, it is intended to determine whether is there a difference between medulla and cortex strain Ratio (SR) values in healthy individuals without renal disease. The study recruited 74 normal volunteers (26 males, 48 female subjects) with an average age of 43.46 ± 14.65 years (18-76). The SR values between the cortex and the medulla p value was 0,052. There was no significant difference between cortex and medulla SR values. There is no significant difference between the medulla and cortex values of healthy individuals who have undergone strain elastography, suggesting that the results of these studies are even more valuable.