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Abstract #3554

Using Wild Bootstrap to Evaluate the Effect of Spatial Resolution on MR Diffusion Parameters

Daniel Gllmar1, Catharina Lange1, 2, Christian Ros1, Andreas Deistung1, Jrgen R. Reichenbach1

1Medical Physics Group / IDIR I, Jena University Hopital, Jena, Thuringia, Germany; 2University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

We have used DTI wild bootstrapping method to evaluate different diffusion protocol settings in order to optimize spatial resolution in terms of standard deviation of typical diffusion tensor properties like fractional anisotropy and cone of uncertainty.

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