Zhenyu Pan1, Kun li1, Dongtao Liu2, Xiuqin Jia1, Qiao Bu1, Rui Jia1, Tao Jiang1, Yueluan Jiang3, Qinglei Shi3, and Lichun Zhou2
1Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, China, 2Department of Neurology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, China, 3MR Scientific Marketing, Diagnosis Imaging, Siemens Healthineers China, Beijing, China
Diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) is an advanced diffusion model
based on an extender b value which characterizes water diffusion process as
non-gaussian distribution, accordingly parameters derived from DKI are highly
sensitive to changes in the microstructural tissue organization and the complexity
of anisotropic environments. This study aimed to investigate the correlation
between the microstructural changes of anterior cingulum cortex (ACC) and
depression in patients with cerebral small vascular disease (CSVD) by applying
diffusion Kurtosis imaging.
