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Abstract #2065

Mapping Axon Radius in the Human Corpus Callosum Using Dual Spin-Echo Diffusion MRI

Jonathan D. Clayden1, Zoltan Nagy2, Nikolaus Weiskopf2, Daniel C. Alexander3, Christopher A. Clark1

1Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom

The use of diffusion MRI to estimate physical microstructure parameters such as axon radius and density has gained a lot of recent attention. Here we present the first in vivo axon radius maps derived from an optimised dual spin-echo pulse sequence.

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