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@article{citeulike:1685833, abstract = {Diffusion of water in brain white matter has been shown to be anisotropic: Water mobility is lower when measured perpendicular to the fiber direction rather than parallel to it. This feature was used to produce images of the myelin fiber orientation. Coronal and sagittal MR diffusion images were obtained in volunteers using an echo-planar imaging sequence sensitized to molecular diffusion in perpendicular directions. Color-coded images of myelin orientation were then generated by combining these images together. The orientation of the white matter tracts was found to be in excellent agreement with known anatomy. Myelin fiber orientation mapping may offer a new perspective to evaluate white matter disorders.}, address = {Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.}, author = {Douek, P. and Turner, R. and Pekar, J. and Patronas, N. and Le Bihan, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {1685833}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1939769}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=1939769}, issn = {0363-8715}, journal = {J Comput Assist Tomogr}, keywords = {color, mri}, number = {6}, pages = {923--929}, posted-at = {2007-09-22 16:49:27}, priority = {2}, title = {MR color mapping of myelin fiber orientation.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1939769}, volume = {15}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1685833 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1685833 N2 - Diffusion of water in brain white matter has been shown to be anisotropic: Water mobility is lower when measured perpendicular to the fiber direction rather than parallel to it. This feature was used to produce images of the myelin fiber orientation. Coronal and sagittal MR diffusion images were obtained in volunteers using an echo-planar imaging sequence sensitized to molecular diffusion in perpendicular directions. Color-coded images of myelin orientation were then generated by combining these images together. The orientation of the white matter tracts was found to be in excellent agreement with known anatomy. Myelin fiber orientation mapping may offer a new perspective to evaluate white matter disorders. IS - 6 JF - J Comput Assist Tomogr SN - 0363-8715 AD - Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. EP - 929 TI - MR color mapping of myelin fiber orientation. VL - 15 SP - 923 KW - color KW - mri AU - Douek, P AU - Turner, R AU - Pekar, J AU - Patronas, N AU - Le Bihan, D PY - 1991///c UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1939769 ER -