Relationships between diffusion tensor and q-space MRI

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Abstract

Fundamental relationships between diffusion tensor (DT) and 3D q-space MRI are derived which establish conditions when these two complementary MR methods are equivalent. It is shown that the displacement distribution measured by q-space MRI in both the large displacement (i.e., large r) and the longwavelength (i.e., small q) limits is the same 3D Gaussian displacement distribution assumed in DT-MRI. In these limiting cases, q-space MR yields a dispersion tensor that is identical to the effective DT, D, measured in DT-MRI. An experiment is then proposed to measure D using q-space methods. These findings establish that the effective DT, measured in DT-MRI, characterizes molecule motions on a coarse length-scale. Finally, the feasibility of and requirements for performing 3D q-space MRI on a clinical scanner are considered.

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Basser, P. J. (2002). Relationships between diffusion tensor and q-space MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 47(2), 392–397. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.10052

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