The Clinical Value of Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Normal and Incontinent Women - A Preliminary Study on Micturition

Abstract

In this preliminary study in nine volunteers and nine women with genuine stress incontinence (GSI) dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to study the voiding phase in the sitting position after physiological filling of the bladder by urine. The MRI technique has been documented as being useful for this purpose, but in this small group of women it was not possible to determine any specific difference in the voiding pattern between the volunteers and the GSI subjects. Since the present study ended, technical improvement of MRI has appeared and further technical development of the MRI technique is expected, which will widen the diagnostic possibilities of the procedure in incontinent women. In a clinical perspective, dynamic MRI appears to be useful but is recommended to be restricted for research projects.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dynamic Incontinence Micturition