Renal transplantation: The normal morphological and Doppler ultrasound examination

If ultrasound imaging and image-directed Doppler examination of the renal allograft is to provide information with respect to graft complications and graft failure, then a clear understanding of normal characteristics is required. Criteria for abnormality of a graft will include change in size, in parenchymal pattern, and in blood flow characteristics in the main and branch renal arteries and within the renal vein. Normal measurements for the …