Nan-Hao Chen1,2, Kuan-Hung Cho2, Yi-Ping Chao3,4, Sheng-Min Huang2, Norihiro Sadato5, Li-Wei Kuo2,6, and Masaki Fukunaga5
1Biomedical engineering and Environmental sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, 3Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 4Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5Division of Cerebral Integration, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan, 6Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
1Biomedical engineering and Environmental sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, 3Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 4Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5Division of Cerebral Integration, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan, 6Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
This study investigated the reproducibility of
diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) at different field strengths and found that
DSI at 7T could provide relatively better reproducibility than that at 3T for
resolving the crossing fibers.
(a) Orientational similarity (SIM) maps of different
voxel sizes and field strengths. (b) Averaged SIM of single-fiber and
crossing-fiber groups.
(a) Deviation angle (AngleDev) maps of
different voxel sizes and field strengths. (b) Averaged AngleDev of single-fiber
and crossing-fiber groups.