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Diffusion MRI · Water diffusion that reveals white-matter pathways in vivo.

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Open questions still driving Diffusion MRI research.

Tech and ethics sit beside mechanism.

Open questions

Open question 1

An active debate about white-matter architecture.

Open question 2

An active debate about white-matter architecture.

Open question 3

An active debate about white-matter architecture.

Open question 4

An active debate about white-matter architecture.

Open question 5

An active debate about white-matter architecture.

Technology

Technology 1

An emerging approach for Diffusion MRI.

Technology 2

An emerging approach for Diffusion MRI.

Technology 3

An emerging approach for Diffusion MRI.

Technology 4

An emerging approach for Diffusion MRI.

Technology 5

An emerging approach for Diffusion MRI.

Ethics

Ethics 1

An ethical tension around white-matter architecture.

Ethics 2

An ethical tension around white-matter architecture.

Ethics 3

An ethical tension around white-matter architecture.

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Sources & research

  1. MR diffusion tensor spectroscopy and imagingBasser PJ; Mattiello J; LeBihan D · 1994 · Biophysical JournalDOIPubMed
  2. Fiber tract-based atlas of human white matter anatomyWakana S; et al. · 2004 · RadiologyDOIPubMed
  3. Diffusion MRI fiber tractography of the brainJeurissen B; et al. · 2019 · NMR in BiomedicineDOIPubMed

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