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This title covers the field of diffusion imaging from the fundamental theory to its most cutting-edge applications. It contains sufficient detail to be a reference book for medical physicists, but also covers aspects of experimental design and example applications that will be of interest to clinical and basic neuroscientists. (Neuroscience)
List of contents
Section I: Introduction to Diffusion MRI
1. Introduction to diffusion MR
2. Pulse Sequences for Diffusion-Weighted MRI
3. Diffusion Acquisition: Pushing the Boundaries
4. Geometric Distortions in Diffusion MRI
5. Gaussian Modeling of the Diffusion Signal
6. Multiple Fibers: Beyond the Diffusion Tensor
Section II: Diffusion MRI for Quantitative Measurement
7. White Matter Structure: A Microscopist's View
8. The Biological Basis of Diffusion Anisotropy
9. Inferring Microstructural Information of White Matter from Diffusion MRI
10. Cross-Subject Comparison of Local Diffusion MRI Parameters
11. Diffusion MRI in Neurological Disorders
12. Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Study of Aging and Age-Associated Neural Disease
13. Diffusion Imaging in teh Developing Brain
14. Individual Differences in White Matter Microstructure in the Healthy Brain
15. Diffusion Tensor Imaging and its Applications to Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Section III: Diffusion MRI for In Vivo Neuroanatomy
16. Mapping Connections in Humans and Non-Human Primates: Aspirations and Challenges for Diffusion Imaging
17. Classic and Contemporary Neural Tract-Tracing Techniques
18. The Human Connectome: Linking Structure and Function in the Human Brain
19. MR Diffusion Tractography
20. Validation of Tractography
21. Connectivity Fingerprinting of Gray Matter
22. Contribution of Diffusion Tractography to the Anatomy of Language
23. Presurgical Tractography Applications
24. Comparing Connections in the Brains of Humans and Other Primates Using Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
25. Imaging Structure and Function
About the author
Heidi Johansen-Berg is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Nuffield Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford. Since 2015, Heidi has been the Director of the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), a multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to the use of non-invasive neuroimaging in basic and clinical neuroscience research. Heidi’s own research is focused on brain plasticity, with particular interest in how the brain changes when we learn new skills or recover from damage such as stroke. Her group tackles these questions using brain imaging and stimulation methods in both humans and rodents.Timothy E.J. Behrens FRS is a British neuroscientist. He is Deputy Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and Honorary Lecturer, Wellcome Centre for Imaging Neuroscience, University College London
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"This text outlines the theory and applications of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In 25 chapters, radiologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others from North America, Europe, and Israel outline the methods underlying diffusion imaging; the use of diffusion MRI for quantitative measurement and in understanding neurological disorders." -- ProtoView.com, April 2014
