The clinical value of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging in normal and incontinent women - A preliminary study on micturition

In this preliminary study in nine volunteers and nine women with genuine st ress incontinence (GSI) dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used t o study the voiding phase in the sitting position after physiological filli ng 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 possib le to determine any specific difference in the voiding pattern between the volunteers and the GSI subjects. Since the present study ended, technical i mprovement of MRT has appeared and further technical development of the MRI technique is expected, which will widen the diagnostic possibilities of th e procedure in incontinent women. In a clinical perspective, dynamic MRI ap pears to be useful but is recommended to be restricted for research project s.