Abstract
This chapter discusses structural MRI (sMRI) techniques to image the brain anatomy, with a focus on diffusion MRI (dMRI). Conventional sMRI, including T1-, T2-, T2*-weighted MRI, gives rich contrasts to delineate the brain structures and provides important information about the structural volume, shape, and relaxometry. Compared to conventional relaxation-based contrast mechanisms, the dMRI technique offers unique contrasts based on translational molecular motions, which are restricted by microstructural barriers such as cell membranes and axons. We will describe the essential components of a dMRI pulse sequence, including the various diffusion encoding schemes and image acquisition techniques to achieve high-resolution dMRI. We will then introduce biophysical models that reconstruct the microstructural information (cell size, density, permeability, axon diameter, etc.), using dMRI signals acquired with different diffusion directions and weighting strength (q-space) and different diffusion times. In the end, a few exemplary clinical and preclinical applications of dMRI will be reviewed, and the current challenges and potential future directions will be discussed.
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Abbreviations
- D :
-
diffusivity
- K :
-
kurtosis
- t d :
-
diffusion time
- G :
-
diffusion gradient
- r :
-
diffusion distance
- b :
-
diffusion b-value
- γ :
-
gyromagnetic ratio
- S :
-
diffusion-weighted signal
- S 0 :
-
non-diffusion-weighted signal
- λ1, λ2, λ3:
-
first, second, and third eigenvalues
- \( \overline{e_1},\overline{e_2},\overline{e_3} \) :
-
first, second, and third eigenvectors
- ADC:
-
apparent diffusion coefficient
- AD:
-
Alzheimer’s disease
- CP:
-
cortical plate
- DDE:
-
Double diffusion encoding
- DEC:
-
direction-encoded color map
- DKI:
-
Diffusion kurtosis imaging
- dMRI:
-
Diffusion MRI
- DSI:
-
diffusion spectrum imaging
- DTI:
-
diffusion tensor imaging
- DWIs:
-
Diffusion-weighted images
- EPI:
-
Echo-planar imaging
- FOV:
-
Field-of-view
- FA:
-
fractional anisotropy
- FOD:
-
fiber orientation distribution
- HARDI:
-
High angular resolution diffusion imaging
- IZ:
-
intermediate zone
- MD/RD/AD:
-
mean/radial/axial diffusivities
- NODDI:
-
Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging
- NE:
-
neuroepithelium
- OGSE:
-
Oscillating gradient spin-echo
- PGSE:
-
Pulsed gradient spin-echo
- sMRI:
-
Structural magnetic resonance imaging
- SMS:
-
Simultaneous multi-slice
- SSFP:
-
Steady-state free precession
- STEAM:
-
Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode
- TBSS:
-
tract-based spatial statistics
- TDI:
-
Tract-density images
- TE:
-
echo time
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Wu, D., Mori, S. (2023). Structural Neuroimaging: From Macroscopic to Microscopic Scales. In: Thakor, N.V. (eds) Handbook of Neuroengineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5540-1_84
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