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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on October 18, 2007
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0742

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Preliminary Experience with Visualization of Intracortical Fibers by Focused High-Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging

T. Jaermann^a,b, N. De Zanche^a, P. Staempfli^a,b, K.P. Pruessmann^a, A. Valavanis^b, P. Boesiger^a and S.S. Kollias^b

^a Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
^b Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

View larger version (42K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 1. High-resolution (580 x 580 µm2 in-plane) diffusion-weighted images of the occipital lobe. The images were obtained with the miniature coil array consisting of 5 coils with use of 2.4-fold SENSE acceleration. The diffusion weighting was b = 1400 s/mm2.

View larger version (35K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 2. Magnified occipital cortex visualized with 3 different methods. A, Diffusion-weighted image of the occipital lobe with a coil array consisting of 3 coils and 2.4-fold SENSE acceleration. B, Color-coded main diffusion vectors superimposed on T2-weighted (b = 0) image. C, Reconstructed trajectories representing occipital white matter fibers.