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Abstract #5104

High-frequency asymptotic behaviour of the apparent diffusion coefficient measured with approximate cosinusoidal gradient waveforms

Jeff Kershaw1 and Takayuki Obata1
1Applied MRI Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, QST, Chiba, Japan

Synopsis

Keywords: Diffusion Acquisition, Diffusion/other diffusion imaging techniques, oscillating gradient, OGSE, universality, asymptotic limit, high frequency

Motivation: Existing theory for OGSE-DWI has been developed under the assumption of an ideal cosinusoidal gradient waveform, but it is impossible to implement such a waveform in practice.

Goal(s): The purpose of this work was to investigate how the high-frequency asymptotic behaviour of the ADC is affected when an approximate cosinusoidal waveform is used for OGSE-DWI measurements.

Approach: A theoretical study was performed that derived the asymptotic behaviour of the ADC from first principles for three MPG waveforms.

Results: The difference in predicted behaviour between an approximate cosinusoidal waveform and an ideal waveform may be important when making precise measurements of the surface-to-volume ratio.

Impact: The microstructure of a complex medium can be characterised by measuring the high-frequency limit of the ADC with OGSE-DWI. However, it is important to understand how the limitations of the gradient hardware affect the interpretation of the data.

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