Quantifying brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: Theory and parameter estimation

DS Novikov, E Fieremans, SN Jespersen… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We review, systematize and discuss models of diffusion in neuronal tissue, by putting them
into an overarching physical context of coarse‐graining over an increasing diffusion length …

Imaging brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: practicality and applications

DC Alexander, TB Dyrby, M Nilsson… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article gives an overview of microstructure imaging of the brain with diffusion MRI and
reviews the state of the art. The microstructure‐imaging paradigm aims to estimate and map …

Q-space trajectory imaging for multidimensional diffusion MRI of the human brain

CF Westin, H Knutsson, O Pasternak… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
This work describes a new diffusion MR framework for imaging and modeling of
microstructure that we call q-space trajectory imaging (QTI). The QTI framework consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Connectome 2.0: Developing the next-generation ultra-high gradient strength human MRI scanner for bridging studies of the micro-, meso-and macro …

SY Huang, T Witzel, B Keil, A Scholz, M Davids, P Dietz… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
The first phase of the Human Connectome Project pioneered advances in MRI technology
for mapping the macroscopic structural connections of the living human brain through the …

Noninvasive quantification of axon radii using diffusion MRI

J Veraart, D Nunes, U Rudrapatna, E Fieremans… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Axon caliber plays a crucial role in determining conduction velocity and, consequently, in the
timing and synchronization of neural activation. Noninvasive measurement of axon radii …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for biophysical modeling of microstructure

IO Jelescu, M Palombo, F Bagnato… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
The biophysical modeling efforts in diffusion MRI have grown considerably over the past 25
years. In this review, we dwell on the various challenges along the journey of bringing a …

TE dependent Diffusion Imaging (TEdDI) distinguishes between compartmental T2 relaxation times

J Veraart, DS Novikov, E Fieremans - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
Biophysical modeling of macroscopic diffusion-weighted MRI signal in terms of microscopic
cellular parameters holds the promise of quantifying the integrity of white matter …

[HTML][HTML] Neurite density imaging versus imaging of microscopic anisotropy in diffusion MRI: a model comparison using spherical tensor encoding

B Lampinen, F Szczepankiewicz, J Mårtensson… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
In diffusion MRI (dMRI), microscopic diffusion anisotropy can be obscured by orientation
dispersion. Separation of these properties is of high importance, since it could allow dMRI to …

Rotationally-invariant mapping of scalar and orientational metrics of neuronal microstructure with diffusion MRI

DS Novikov, J Veraart, IO Jelescu, E Fieremans - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
We develop a general analytical and numerical framework for estimating intra-and extra-
neurite water fractions and diffusion coefficients, as well as neurite orientational dispersion …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of microscopic diffusion anisotropy disentangles effects of orientation dispersion from microstructure: applications in healthy volunteers and in …

F Szczepankiewicz, S Lasič, D van Westen… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
The anisotropy of water diffusion in brain tissue is affected by both disease and
development. This change can be detected using diffusion MRI and is often quantified by the …