期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 54, 期 2, 页码 317-323出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20542
关键词
diffusion weighted MRI; brain white matter; q-space analysis; axonal tracts; fractional anisotrophy
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [RR08079] Funding Source: Medline
- NIBIB NIH HHS [R01 EB00331] Funding Source: Medline
Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) is widely used to characterize brain white matter (WM), particularly through the use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). In this study the spatial characteristics of DWI in WM of cat visual cortex were investigated at 9.4T at very high resolution. It is shown that the spatial extent of the WM tract as measured from the DWI images depends highly on the b-value. In particular, when the diffusion gradient is applied perpendicular to the main direction of the fiber tract, the estimated thickness of the tract at the commonly used b-value of 1000 S/mm(2) exceeds by 50% the thickness as it appears on a T-2-weighted image. Only at b-values greater than 6000 s/mm(2) does the thickness of the tract approach the thickness characterized by the T-2-weighted image and that observed on histological slices of the same area. Further analysis of these results indicates that the choice of b-value of 1000 s/mm(2) may not be optimal for the demarcation of anisotropic WM structures. DWI at high b-value may contain spatial information that is more specific to WM tracts.
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