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Mapping the intracellular fraction of water by varying the gradient pulse length in q-space diffusion MRI

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Summary, in English

Finite gradient pulse lengths are traditionally considered a nuisance in q-space diffusion NMR and MRI, since the simple Fourier relation between the acquired signal and the displacement probability is invalidated. Increasing the value of the pulse length leads to an apparently smaller value of the estimated compartment size. We propose that q-space data at different gradient pulse lengths, but with the same effective diffusion time, can be used to identify and quantify components with free or restricted diffusion from multi-exponential echo decay curves obtained on cellular systems. The method is demonstrated with experiments on excised human brain white matter and a series of model systems with well-defined free, restricted, and combined free and restricted diffusion behavior. Time-resolved diffusion MRI experiments are used to map the spatial distribution of the intracellular fraction in a yeast cell suspension during sedimentation, and observe the disappearance of this fraction after a heat treatment. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

280-285

Publication/Series

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volume

180

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Academic Press

Topic

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
  • Cancer and Oncology

Keywords

  • imaging
  • tissue
  • PGSE
  • pulsed field gradient
  • SGP

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1096-0856