Inclusion Criteria:

• * Male and female adults over the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with SLE and are able to undergo a kidney MRI.

Exclusion Criteria:

• * The participant cannot take part in the study if they have any contraindications to MRI as specified by the current clinical MRI screening protocols including: metallic foreign objects within the body, programmable shunt/shunt, epidural or Swan Ganz catheter, ear or cochlear implant, eye implant, aneurysm clip, pacemaker/wires, internal defibrillator, tissue expander, recent stent placement, blood vessel coil, tracheostomy, stimulator/wires, infusion pump, penile prosthesis, intra-uterine device (IUD), surgical clips, bullets/pellets/bullet ball (BB), medication patch, tattoo, artificial limb, history of welding or metal fragments in eyes, pregnancy, claustrophobia, requirement of conscious sedation or anesthesia, colonoscopy procedure in the last 8 weeks.
• * Any patient that is receiving renal dialysis.
• * Any patient that has undergone a renal transplant.