Section: Application Domains

Diffusion MRI

• Detecting physiological and pathological conditions that are accompanied by higher or lower than normal diffusion MRI signal attenuation. Examples: immediately after stroke, there is a large drop in the measured apparent diffusion coefficient; demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system have been indicated by higher than normal radial diffusivity.

• Evaluating cancer treatment by quantifying tumor cellularity based on diffusion MRI measurements. Tumor cellularity is shown to be inversely correlated to measured diffusivity.