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 …

Diffusion tensor imaging and beyond

JD Tournier, S Mori, A Leemans - Magnetic resonance in …, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diffusion of water molecules inside organic tissues is often anisotropic (1). Namely, if
there are aligned structures in the tissue, the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated microstructure imaging via convex optimization (AMICO) from diffusion MRI data

A Daducci, EJ Canales-Rodríguez, H Zhang, TB Dyrby… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Microstructure imaging from diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) data represents an
invaluable tool to study non-invasively the morphology of tissues and to provide a biological …

MRtrix: diffusion tractography in crossing fiber regions

JD Tournier, F Calamante… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging has attracted considerable
attention due to its unique potential to delineate the white matter pathways of the brain …

Determination of the appropriate b value and number of gradient directions for high‐angular‐resolution diffusion‐weighted imaging

JD Tournier, F Calamante, A Connelly - NMR in Biomedicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
High‐angular‐resolution diffusion‐weighted imaging (HARDI) is one of the most common
MRI acquisition schemes for use with higher order models of diffusion. However, the optimal …

Rotationally-invariant map** 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 …

Modelling white matter with spherical deconvolution: How and why?

F Dell'Acqua, JD Tournier - NMR in Biomedicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since the realization that diffusion MRI can probe the microstructural organization and
orientation of biological tissue in vivo and non‐invasively, a multitude of diffusion imaging …

Deterministic and probabilistic tractography based on complex fibre orientation distributions

M Descoteaux, R Deriche, TR Knosche… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an integral concept for tractography to describe crossing and splitting fibre
bundles based on the fibre orientation distribution function (ODF) estimated from high …

Can spherical deconvolution provide more information than fiber orientations? Hindrance modulated orientational anisotropy, a true‐tract specific index to …

F Dell'Acqua, A Simmons, SCR Williams… - Human brain …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) methods are widely used to reconstruct white matter
trajectories and to quantify tissue changes using the average diffusion properties of each …

Reconstruction of the orientation distribution function in single‐and multiple‐shell q‐ball imaging within constant solid angle

I Aganj, C Lenglet, G Sapiro, E Yacoub… - Magnetic resonance …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract q‐Ball imaging is a high‐angular‐resolution diffusion imaging technique that has
been proven very successful in resolving multiple intravoxel fiber orientations in MR images …