title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the lower urinary tract.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging with its excellent contrast resolution and direct multiplanar imaging capacity, has become a valuable tool to improve understanding of lower urinary tract function and pelvic floor physiology. Review of the current English language literature shows that the domain of magnetic resonance imaging is research. In comparison with other imaging techniques, magnetic resonance imaging has been shown to yield better soft tissue differentiation and anatomic resolution. Newer techniques also allow some form of dynamic imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. rkirschner@bics.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirschner-Hermanns
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Versi
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Resnick
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014563:Urodynamics