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Assessing tissue heterogeneity by non-Gaussian measures in a permeable environment

Brusini, Lorenza ; Menegaz, Gloria and Nilsson, Markus LU (2018) 26th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2018 2018-September. p.1147-1151
Abstract

In diffusion MRI, the deviation of the Ensemble Average Propagator (EAP) from Gaussianity conveys information about the microstructural heterogeneity within an imaging voxel. Different measures have been proposed for assessing this heterogeneity. This paper assesses the performance of the Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging (DKI) and Simple Harmonics Oscillator Reconstruction and Estimation (SHORE) approaches using Monte Carlo simulations of water diffusion within synthetic axons with a permeable myelin sheath. The aim was also to understand the impact of myelin features such as its number of wrappings and relaxation (T2) rate on MR-observable parameters. To this end, a substrate consisting of parallel cylinders coated by a multi-layer sheet... (More)

In diffusion MRI, the deviation of the Ensemble Average Propagator (EAP) from Gaussianity conveys information about the microstructural heterogeneity within an imaging voxel. Different measures have been proposed for assessing this heterogeneity. This paper assesses the performance of the Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging (DKI) and Simple Harmonics Oscillator Reconstruction and Estimation (SHORE) approaches using Monte Carlo simulations of water diffusion within synthetic axons with a permeable myelin sheath. The aim was also to understand the impact of myelin features such as its number of wrappings and relaxation (T2) rate on MR-observable parameters. To this end, a substrate consisting of parallel cylinders coated by a multi-layer sheet was considered, and simulations were used to generate the synthetic diffusion-weighted signal. Results show that myelin features affects the parameters quantified by both DKI and SHORE. A strong agreement was found between DKI and SHORE parameters, highlighting the consistency of the methods in characterising the diffusion-weighted signal.

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DKI, Kurtosis, Non Gaussianity, SHORE, T2-weighting
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2018 26th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2018
volume
2018-September
article number
8552929
pages
5 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
26th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2018
conference location
Rome, Italy
conference dates
2018-09-03 - 2018-09-07
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  • scopus:85059803417
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9789082797015
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10.23919/EUSIPCO.2018.8552929
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English
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  author       = {{Brusini, Lorenza and Menegaz, Gloria and Nilsson, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{2018 26th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2018}},
  isbn         = {{9789082797015}},
  keywords     = {{DKI; Kurtosis; Non Gaussianity; SHORE; T2-weighting}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  pages        = {{1147--1151}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Assessing tissue heterogeneity by non-Gaussian measures in a permeable environment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/EUSIPCO.2018.8552929}},
  doi          = {{10.23919/EUSIPCO.2018.8552929}},
  volume       = {{2018-September}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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