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In vivo observation and biophysical interpretation of time-dependent diffusion in human white matter
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Fieremans, Els Burcaw, Lauren M. Lee, Hong-Hsi Lemberskiy, Gregory Veraart, Jelle Novikov, Dmitry S. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | Journal: NeuroImage The presence of micrometer-level restrictions leads to a decrease of diffusion coefficient with diffusion time. Here we investigate this effect in human white matter in vivo. We focus on a broad range of diffusion times, up to 600 ms, covering diffusion length scales up to about 30 μm. We perform stimulated echo diffusion tensor imaging on 5 healthy volunteers and observe a relatively weak time-dependence in diffusion transverse to major fiber tracts. Remarkably, we also find notable time-dependence in the longitudinal direction. Comparing models of diffusion in ordered, confined and disordered media, we argue that the time-dependence in both directions can arise due to structural disorder, such as axonal beads in the longitudinal direction, and the random packing geometry of fibers within a bundle in the transverse direction. These time-dependent effects extend beyond a simple picture of Gaussian compartments, and may lead to novel markers that are specific to neuronal fiber geometry at the micrometer scale. |
| Related Links | http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4803645?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803645/pdf |
| Ending Page | 427 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| Starting Page | 414 |
| ISSN | 10538119 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.018 |
| Journal | NeuroImage |
| Volume Number | 129 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2016-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: NeuroImage Diffusion Tensor Imaging Hindered Diffusion Time-dependent Diffusion |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Neurology Cognitive Neuroscience |