The investigators hypothesize that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) will produce a similar map of autonomic pelvic innervation to that obtained using 3D morphological MRI sequences
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
3D morphological MRI and diffusion tensor imaging
CHU Nimes
Nîmes, France
RECRUITINGAgreement between DTI imaging measures versus 3D morphological MRI measures for point of penetration of the pelvic splanchnic nerves in the lower hypogastric plexus
Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman Plot
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Agreement between DTI imaging measures versus 3D morphological MRI measures for point of penetration of the pelvic hypogastric nerves in the lower hypogastric plexus
Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman Plot
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Agreement between DTI imaging measures versus 3D morphological MRI measures for origin of the cavernous nerves
Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman Plot
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Acquisition time
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Time necessary for sequence reconstruction
min
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Inter-operator agreement
Kappa coefficient of measurements between two operators
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Intra-operator agreement
Kappa coefficient of measurements from same operator 6 months apart
Time frame: Month 6
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