Triple diffusion encoding MRI predicts intra-axonal and extra-axonal diffusion tensors in white matter.

Sudhir RamannaHunter G MossEmilie T McKinnonEssa YacoubJoseph A HelpernJens H Jensen

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2019)

By using a simple TDE pulse sequence with an axially symmetric b-matrix, the diffusion tensors for the intra-axonal and extra-axonal spaces can be separately estimated in adult WM. This allows one to determine compartment-specific diffusion properties for these 2 water pools.

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