Similarity of functional connectivity patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis who void spontaneously versus patients with voiding dysfunction.

Aim: To investigate if Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesion characteristics affect functional brain connectivity (FC) during bladder voiding.

Methods: Twenty-seven ambulatory female patients with MS completed our functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)/urodynamic testing (UDS) platform. Individual fMRI activation maps were generated at initiation of voiding.

Augmented Reality with Virtual Cerebral Aneurysms: A Feasibility Study.

Objective: Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition methods such as 4D phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (4D pcMRI) have found widespread applications in assessing hemodynamics in cerebral aneurysms. One of the goals is the identification of a hemodynamic scenario predictive of aneurysm rupture. Because of the technical complexity the 4D pcMRI technology, challenges exist in extracting and communicating the wealth of information contained in the MRI image data, in particular, to a multidisciplinary team of health professionals and basic scientists.

Higher Neural Correlates in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Neurogenic Overactive Bladder Following Treatment with Intradetrusor Injection of OnabotulinumtoxinA.

Purpose: OnabotulinumtoxinA is a well described treatment of neurogenic overactive bladder. While motor effects on the detrusor muscle have been extensively studied, the sensory effects have not. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injection on brain activity in female patients with multiple sclerosis and neurogenic overactive bladder.

Effect of parallel radiofrequency transmission on arterial input function selection in dynamic contrast-enhanced 3 Tesla pelvic MRI.

Background: To evaluate whether parallel radiofrequency transmission (mTX) can improve the symmetry of the left and right femoral arteries in dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) of prostate and bladder cancer.

Methods: Eighteen prostate and 24 bladder cancer patients underwent 3.0 Tesla DCE-MRI scan with a single transmission channel coil.

Performance comparison of 1.5-T endorectal coil MRI with 3.0-T nonendorectal coil MRI in patients with prostate cancer.

Rationale And Objectives: To compare prostate morphology, image quality, and diagnostic performance of 1.5-T endorectal coil magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) and 3.0-T nonendorectal coil MRI in patients with prostate cancer.