Quasi-Diffusion Imaging: Application to Ultra-High b-Value and Time-Dependent Diffusion Images of Brain Tissue.

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Hauptverfasser: Barrick, Thomas R, Ingo, Carson, Hall, Matt G, Howe, Franklyn A
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author Barrick, Thomas R
Ingo, Carson
Hall, Matt G
Howe, Franklyn A
author_facet Barrick, Thomas R
Ingo, Carson
Hall, Matt G
Howe, Franklyn A
Barrick, Thomas R
Ingo, Carson
Hall, Matt G
Howe, Franklyn A
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Quasi-Diffusion Imaging: Application to Ultra-High b-Value and Time-Dependent Diffusion Images of Brain Tissue. Barrick, Thomas R Ingo, Carson Hall, Matt G Howe, Franklyn A Brain Animals Humans Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Rats Time Factors Male Rats, Sprague-Dawley We demonstrate that quasi-diffusion imaging (QDI) is a signal representation that extends towards the negative power law regime. We evaluate QDI for in vivo human and ex vivo fixed rat brain tissue across -value ranges from 0 to 25,000 s mm, determine whether accurate parameter estimates can be acquired from clinically feasible scan times and investigate their diffusion time-dependence. Several mathematical properties of the QDI representation are presented. QDI describes diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) signal attenuation by two fitting parameters within a Mittag-Leffler function (MLF). We present its asymptotic properties at low and high -values and define the inflection point (IP) above which the signal tends to a negative power law. To show that QDI provides an accurate representation of dMRI signal, we apply it to two human brain datasets (Dataset 1: s mm; Dataset 2: s mm) and an ex vivo fixed rat brain (Dataset 3: s mm, diffusion times ms). A clinically feasible 4 -value subset of Dataset 1 ( s mm) is also analysed (acquisition time 6 min and 16 s). QDI showed excellent fits to observed signal attenuation, identified signal IPs and provided an apparent negative power law. Stable parameter estimates were identified upon increasing the maximum -value of the fitting range to near and above signal IPs, suggesting QDI is a valid signal representation within in vivo and ex vivo brain tissue across large -value ranges with multiple diffusion times. QDI parameters were accurately estimated from clinically feasible shorter data acquisition, and time-dependence was observed with parameters approaching a Gaussian tortuosity limit with increasing diffusion time. In conclusion, QDI provides a parsimonious representation of dMRI signal attenuation in brain tissue that is sensitive to tissue microstructural heterogeneity and cell membrane permeability.
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spellingShingle Quasi-Diffusion Imaging: Application to Ultra-High b-Value and Time-Dependent Diffusion Images of Brain Tissue.
Barrick, Thomas R
Ingo, Carson
Hall, Matt G
Howe, Franklyn A
Brain
Animals
Humans
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rats
Time Factors
Male
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Quasi-Diffusion Imaging: Application to Ultra-High b-Value and Time-Dependent Diffusion Images of Brain Tissue. Barrick, Thomas R Ingo, Carson Hall, Matt G Howe, Franklyn A Brain Animals Humans Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Rats Time Factors Male Rats, Sprague-Dawley We demonstrate that quasi-diffusion imaging (QDI) is a signal representation that extends towards the negative power law regime. We evaluate QDI for in vivo human and ex vivo fixed rat brain tissue across -value ranges from 0 to 25,000 s mm, determine whether accurate parameter estimates can be acquired from clinically feasible scan times and investigate their diffusion time-dependence. Several mathematical properties of the QDI representation are presented. QDI describes diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) signal attenuation by two fitting parameters within a Mittag-Leffler function (MLF). We present its asymptotic properties at low and high -values and define the inflection point (IP) above which the signal tends to a negative power law. To show that QDI provides an accurate representation of dMRI signal, we apply it to two human brain datasets (Dataset 1: s mm; Dataset 2: s mm) and an ex vivo fixed rat brain (Dataset 3: s mm, diffusion times ms). A clinically feasible 4 -value subset of Dataset 1 ( s mm) is also analysed (acquisition time 6 min and 16 s). QDI showed excellent fits to observed signal attenuation, identified signal IPs and provided an apparent negative power law. Stable parameter estimates were identified upon increasing the maximum -value of the fitting range to near and above signal IPs, suggesting QDI is a valid signal representation within in vivo and ex vivo brain tissue across large -value ranges with multiple diffusion times. QDI parameters were accurately estimated from clinically feasible shorter data acquisition, and time-dependence was observed with parameters approaching a Gaussian tortuosity limit with increasing diffusion time. In conclusion, QDI provides a parsimonious representation of dMRI signal attenuation in brain tissue that is sensitive to tissue microstructural heterogeneity and cell membrane permeability.
title Quasi-Diffusion Imaging: Application to Ultra-High b-Value and Time-Dependent Diffusion Images of Brain Tissue.
topic Brain
Animals
Humans
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rats
Time Factors
Male
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40017343/