Multi-compartment relaxometry and diffusion informed myelin water imaging – Promises and challenges of new gradient echo myelin water imaging methods

Myelin water fraction (MWF) mapping based on data fitting of a 3-pool exponential model of multi-echo gradient echo (mGRE) data using MRI shows great promises for in vivo myelin quantification. However, this multi-exponential fitting is ill-conditioned because of the similar relaxation times and fre...

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Main Authors: Kwok-Shing Chan, José P. Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:NeuroImage
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920306455