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If the water diffuses in a medium with barriers, the diffusion will be uneven, which is termed anisotropic diffusion. The thesis starts with proposing a novel tractography method. Farrell published by lippincott williams and wilkins about the book. A hitchhikers guide to diffusion tensor imaging ncbi nih. In reality, fiber tracts originate from various sources, radiate in different orientations, and travel to distinct regions of the brain. Diffusion tensor imaging dti tractographyloyola medicine.
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Mri an abbreviation of magnetic resonance imaging is an imaging modality that uses nonionizing radiation to create useful diagnostic images in simple terms, an mri scanner consists of a large, powerful magnet in which the patient lies. Department of radiology, university medical school, szeged purpose of training provision of clinically relevant basic knowledge. Introduction magnetic resonance imaging mri is based on the discovery, made more than 50 years ago bloch and purcell, that nuclei with a spin angular momentum spin can interact with a magnetic field. Diffusion tensor imaging dti may assess white matter integrity. With the availability of diffusion sequences on most clinical mr scanners and the.
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