Sensory brain activation during rectal balloon distention: a pilot study in healthy volunteers to assess safety and feasibility at 1.5T.

Roman AssmannSanne RuttenJob van den HurkSadé Laurèl AssmannPaul JanssenNicole BouvyJarno MelenhorstStephanie Breukink

Published in: Magma (New York, N.Y.) (2022)

This study shows that a standardized paradigm for functional MRI combined with rectal filling is feasible and safe in healthy volunteers and is ready to be used in fecal incontinent patients to assess whether their brain activity differs from healthy controls.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
rectal cancer
chronic kidney disease
magnetic resonance imaging
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
magnetic resonance
multiple sclerosis
patient reported