Diffusion MRI: From quantitative measurement to in-vivo neuroanatomy

Diffusion MRI is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method that produces in vivo images of biological tissues weighted with the local microstructural characteristics of water diffusion, providing an effective means of visualizing functional connectivities in the nervous system. This book is the first comprehensive reference promoting the understanding of this rapidly evolving and powerful technology and providing the essential handbook for designing, analyzing or interpreting diffusion MR experiments. The book presents diffusion imaging in the context of well-established, classical experimental techniques, so that readers will be able to assess the scope and limitations of the new imaging technology with respect to techniques available previously. All chapters are written by leading international experts and cover methodology, validation of the imaging technology, application of diffusion imaging to the study of variation and development of normal brain anatomy, and disruption to the white matter in neurological disease or psychiatric disorder.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Introduction to diffusion MRI 1 Introduction to Diffusion MR - Peter J. Basser and Evren Özarslan 2 Pulse sequences for diffusion-weighted MRI - James Pipe 3 Gaussian modelling of the diffusion signal - Derek K Jones 4 Multiple fibres: beyond the diffusion tensor - Kiran K Seunarine and Daniel C Alexander Section 2: Diffusion MRI for quantitative measurement 5 White matter structure: a microscopist’s view - Julia M. Edgar and Ian R. Griffiths 6 The biological basis of diffusion anisotropy - Christian Beaulieu 7 Inferring microstructural information of white matter from diffusion MRI - Yaniv Assaf and Yoram Cohen 8 Cross-Subject Comparison of Local Diffusion MRI Parameters - Steven Smith and Gordon Kindlmann 9 Diffusion MRI in neurological disorders - Benedetta Bodini and Olga Ciccarelli 10 DTI in development and aging - David Salat, Stephanie Y. Lee, Bindu Setty, H. Diana Rosas and P. Ellen Grant 11 Individual differences in white matter microstructure in the healthy brain - Jan Scholz, Heidi Johansen-Berg and Valentina Tomassini 12 Diffusion tensor imaging and its application to schizophrenia and related disorders - Martha Shenton Section 3: Diffusion MRI for in-vivo neuroanatomy 13 Classic and contemporary neural tract tracing techniques - Robert J. Morecraft, Gabriella Ugolini, José L. Lanciego, Floris G. Wouterlood and Deepak N. Pandya 14 The human connectome: linking structure and function in the human brain - Olaf Sporns 15 MR diffusion tractography - Timothy E.J. Behrens and Saad Jbabdi 16 Validation of tractography - Penny L. Hubbard and Geoffrey J. M. Parker 17 Connectivity fingerprinting of grey matter - Johannes C Klein, Timothy E.J. Behrens and Heidi Johansen-Berg 18 The connectional anatomy of language: recent contributions from diffusion tensor tractography - Marco Catani 19 Tractography for surgical targeting - Andreas J. Bartsch, Armin Biller and György A. Homola 20 Comparing brain connections in different species using diffusion weighted imaging - Matthew Rushworth, Erie Boorman and Rogier B. Mars 21 Imaging Structure and Function - Saad Jbabdi