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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2019

In vivo microscopic diffusional kurtosis imaging with symmetrized double diffusion encoding EPI.

Yang Ji, Jeffrey Paulsen, Iris Yuwen Zhou, Dongshuang Lu, Patrick Machado, Bensheng Qiu, Yi-Qiao Song, Phillip Zhe Sun

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Yang JiCenter for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Jeffrey PaulsenSchlumberger-Doll Research Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Iris Yuwen ZhouAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Dongshuang LuAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Patrick MachadoAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Bensheng QiuCenter for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Yi-Qiao SongAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Phillip Zhe SunAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

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Yerkes National Primate Research Center Role of type-I IFN in regulating COVID-19 induced inflammation and pathogenesisP51OD011132 · OD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Joon Sup Lee · 2012 to 2026
$167.0M
Establishment of fast pH MRI for imaging metabolic injury during acute strokeR01NS083654 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Phillip Zhe Sun · 2013 to 2026
$4.0M
Development of kurtosis MRI to image acute stroke patientsR21NS085574 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SUN, PHILLIP ZHE · 2013 to 2014
$475k
NIH HHS P51 OD011132NIH HHS R01NS083654NIH HHS R21NS085574NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083654NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS085574
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purposeDiffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI) measures the deviation of the displacement probability from a normal distribution, complementing the data commonly acquired by diffusion MRI. It is important to elucidate the sources of kurtosis contrast, particularly in biological tissues where microscopic kurtosis (intrinsic kurtosis) and diffusional heterogeneity may co-exist.

methodsWe have developed a technique for microscopic kurtosis MRI, dubbed microscopic diffusional kurtosis imaging (µDKI), using a symmetrized double diffusion encoding (s-DDE) EPI sequence. We compared this newly developed µDKI to conventional DKI methods in both a triple compartment phantom and in vivo.

resultsOur results showed that whereas conventional DKI and µDKI provided similar measurements in a compartment of monosphere beads, kurtosis measured by µDKI was significantly less than that measured by conventional DKI in a compartment of mixed Gaussian pools. For in vivo brain imaging, µDKI showed small yet significantly lower kurtosis measurement in regions of the cortex, CSF, and internal capsule compared to the conventional DKI approach.

conclusionsOur study showed that µDKI is less susceptible than conventional DKI to sub-voxel diffusional heterogeneity. Our study also provided important preliminary demonstration of our technique in vivo, warranting future studies to investigate its diagnostic use in examining neurological disorders.

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Diffusion Tensor ImagingEcho-Planar ImagingIntravital MicroscopyAlgorithmsAnimalsBrainImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleModels, StatisticalNormal DistributionPhantoms, ImagingProbabilityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReproducibility of ResultsSignal-To-Noise Ratiodiffusional heterogeneitydouble diffusion encodingmicroscopic DKImicroscopic kurtosisneurological disorders

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PMCPMC6258297

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