Diffusion properties of NAA in human corpus callosum as studied with diffusion tensor spectroscopy

@article{Upadhyay2007DiffusionPO,
  title={Diffusion properties of NAA in human corpus callosum as studied with diffusion tensor spectroscopy},
  author={Jaymin Upadhyay and Kevin Hallock and Kelley Erb and Dae-Shik Kim and Itamar Ronen},
  journal={Magnetic Resonance in Medicine},
  year={2007},
  volume={58}
}
In diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) the anisotropic movement of water is exploited to characterize microstructure. One confounding issue of DTI is the presence of intra‐ and extracellular components contributing to the measured diffusivity. This causes an ambiguity in determining the underlying cause of diffusion properties, particularly the fractional anisotropy (FA). In this study an intracellular constituent, N‐acetyl aspartate (NAA), was used to probe intracellular diffusion, while water… 
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