Microstructural and physiological features of tissues elucidated by quantitative-diffusion-tensor MRI

PJ Basser, C Pierpaoli - Journal of magnetic resonance, 2011 - Elsevier
Quantitative-diffusion-tensor MRI consists of deriving and displaying parameters that
resemble histological or physiological stains, ie, that characterize intrinsic features of tissue …

Orientation‐independent diffusion imaging without tensor diagonalization: anisotropy definitions based on physical attributes of the diffusion ellipsoid

AM Uluğ, PCM Van Zijl - … Imaging: An Official Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging can provide a complete description of the diffusion process in
tissue. However, this description is not unique but is orientation dependent, and, to quantify …

Three-dimensional diffusion tensor magnetic resonance microimaging of adult mouse brain and hippocampus

J Zhang, PCM Van Zijl, S Mori - Neuroimage, 2002 - Elsevier
The use of diffusion tensor information as an additional contrast in MR microimaging was
investigated in ex vivo mouse brain and isolated hippocampus. Diffusion Tensor Imaging …

Computation of the fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity maps without tensor decoding and diagonalization: theoretical analysis and validation

KM Hasan, PA Narayana - … in Medicine: An Official Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Diffusion tensor MRI (DT‐MRI) is a promising modality for in vivo mapping of the
organization of deep tissues. The most commonly used DT‐MRI invariant maps are the …

From the diffusion coefficient to the diffusion tensor

D Le Bihan, P Van Zijl - … An International Journal Devoted to the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
With diffusion tensor MRI one has access to the organization in space of tissue
microstructural components. This outstanding potential adds, however, another layer of …

Diffusion tensor imaging

DK Jones, A Leemans - Magnetic resonance neuroimaging: Methods and …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) is the only non-invasive method for characterising
the microstructural organization of tissue in vivo. Generating parametric maps that help to …

ExploreDTI: a graphical toolbox for processing, analyzing, and visualizing diffusion MR data

A Leemans, B Jeurissen, J Sijbers… - Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is becoming a standard addition to routine MR imaging for
investigating microstructural tissue properties (eg, see [1] for a recent review). With this …

Diffusion‐tensor MRI: theory, experimental design and data analysis–a technical review

PJ Basser, DK Jones - … : An International Journal Devoted to the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This article treats the theoretical underpinnings of diffusion‐tensor magnetic resonance
imaging (DT‐MRI), as well as experimental design and data analysis issues. We review the …

A continuous tensor field approximation of discrete DT-MRI data for extracting microstructural and architectural features of tissue

S Pajevic, A Aldroubi, PJ Basser - Journal of magnetic resonance, 2002 - Elsevier
The effective diffusion tensor of water, D, measured by diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI), is
inherently a discrete, noisy, voxel-averaged sample of an underlying macroscopic effective …

Validation of diffusion tensor MRI in the central nervous system using light microscopy: quantitative comparison of fiber properties

AS Choe, I Stepniewska, DC Colvin, Z Ding… - NMR in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides an indirect measure of tissue structure on a
microscopic scale. To date, DTI is the only imaging method that provides such information in …