Feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with fibre tractography of the normal female pelvic floor

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1243 - 1249
• Main Authors: Zijta, F. M., Froeling, M., van der Paardt, M. P., Lakeman, M. M. E., Bipat, S., Montauban van Swijndregt, A. D., Strijkers, G. J., Nederveen, A. J., Stoker, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Biomedical engineering; Diagnostic Radiology; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Eigenvalues; Feasibility; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal - cytology; Neuroradiology; Pelvic Floor - anatomy & histology; Pelvis; Radiology; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Software; Ultrasound; Netherlands; Pelvic floor; Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Anatomy; Fibre tractography
• ISSN: 0938-7994; 1432-1084; 1432-1084
• DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2044-8

Objectives To prospectively determine the feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with fibre tractography as a tool for the three-dimensional (3D) visualisation of normal pelvic floor anatomy. Methods Five young female nulliparous subjects (mean age 28 ± 3 years) underwent DTI at 3.0T. Two-dim...