Pelvic floor dysfunction is a hidden problem that is widely unknown. Statistics show that 1 in every 10 women will suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction so severely that they may need surgery. Furthermore, statistics show that 30 to 40% of women experience varying degree of urinary incontinence in their lifetime. Other study has found that the prevalence of this problem among nulliparous women ranges from 8 to 3...
The female pelvic floor is an understudied region of the body from the biomechanical perspective. MRI has been used in the diagnostic evaluation of the pelvic floor dysfunctions. Static images show their morphology while dynamic images show the functional changes that occur on straining and contraction of the pelvic floor. In the present work, MR images contribute to generate 3D solids of pelvic floor muscles t...
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