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Abstract #4452

Optimizing Q-Space Sampling Density for Diffusion Spectrum Imaging

Qiyuan Tian 1 , Ariel Rokem 2 , Brian L. Edlow 3 , Rebecca D. Folkerth 4 , and Jennifer A. McNab 5

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, 2 Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, 3 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, 4 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, 5 Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

Diffusion spectrum imaging is an approach to characterizing complex tissue microstructure. Stronger gradients enable expanded q-space coverage, which improves the spin-displacement resolution but also increases the q-space sampling density requirements. Here, we show three datasets acquired on a whole, fixed, human brain acquired with 300mT/m maximum gradients. These data are used to examine the effects of q-space sampling density on the fidelity of the voxel-wise orientation distribution functions (ODFs). Specifically, we show there is trade-off between ODF sharpness and aliasing artifacts when sampling density is insufficient to capture the spin-displacement pattern.

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