Improved time efficiency and accuracy in diffusion tensor microimaging with multiple-echo acquisition

Vikas Gulani; Thomas Weber; Thomas Neuberger; Andrew G. Webb

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2005.08.007

Improved time efficiency and accuracy in diffusion tensor microimaging with multiple-echo acquisition

Vikas Gulani, Thomas Weber, Thomas Neuberger, Andrew G. Webb

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Abstract

In high-field NMR microscopy rapid single-shot imaging methods, for example, echo planar imaging, cannot be used for determination of the apparent diffusion tensor (ADT) due to large magnetic susceptibility effects. We propose a pulse sequence in which a diffusion-weighted spin-echo is followed by multiple gradient-echoes with additional diffusion weighting. These additional echoes can be used to calculate the ADT and T*₂ maps. We show here that this results in modest but consistent improvements in the accuracy of ADT determination within a given total data acquisition time. The method is tested on excised, chemically fixed rat spinal cords.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	329-335
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume	177
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2005.08.007
State	Published - Dec 2005

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Biophysics
Biochemistry
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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