This paper investigates the iterative reconstruction of tensor fields in diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The gradient constraints on eigenvalue and tensor component images of the diffusion tensor were exploited. A computer-generated phantom was used in order to simulate the diffusion tensor in a cardiac MRI study with a diffusion model that depends on the fiber structure of t...

Diffusion MRI has evolved towards an important clinical diagnostic and research tool. Though clinical routine is using mainly diffusion weighted and tensor imaging approaches, Q-ball imaging and diffusion spectrum imaging techniques have become more widely available. They are frequently used in research-oriented investigations in particular those aiming at measuring brain network connectivity. ...

In vivo diffusion tensor imaging of normal rat spinal cord was performed using a multi-segmented, blipped EPI sequence at 7 T field strength. At high diffusion weighting, the signal exhibited a non-monoexponential decay that was fitted to a biexponential function, associated with the fast and slow components of diffusion in the cord tissue, using a nonlinear regression analysis along with a con...

A Wideband diffusion tensor imaging is successfully performed to acquire two images in one single excitation. 2-slices are excited/acquired simultaneously using 2D Wideband modified pulse-gradient spin-echo sequence. The calculated diffusion tensors of the grapefruit are clearly displayed on the eigenvector map, and proven to be correct. The result of this study directly indicates a reduction o...

Many mental illnesses are thought to have their origins at early stages of development, encouraging increased research effort related to early neurodevelopment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has provided us with an unprecedented view of the brain in vivo. More recently, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI/DT-MRI), a magnetic resonance imaging technique, has enabled the characterization of the micr...