<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>AnalyzingDiffusion</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>41</revnumber><date>2015-03-30 16:39:29</date><authorinitials>OlafHauk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>40</revnumber><date>2013-03-07 21:23:55</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 markup</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>39</revnumber><date>2013-02-04 15:03:18</date><authorinitials>OlafHauk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>38</revnumber><date>2012-05-30 17:09:41</date><authorinitials>MartaCorreia</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>37</revnumber><date>2012-05-30 17:08:24</date><authorinitials>MartaCorreia</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>36</revnumber><date>2012-05-30 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11:45:33</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>11</revnumber><date>2009-12-02 11:44:50</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>10</revnumber><date>2009-12-02 11:44:00</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>9</revnumber><date>2009-12-02 11:41:54</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2009-11-09 13:42:57</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2009-11-09 13:42:16</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2009-10-16 13:50:31</date><authorinitials>RhodriCusack</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2007-05-22 11:23:12</date><authorinitials>JamesRowe</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2007-05-10 16:38:57</date><authorinitials>devel06.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2007-05-10 16:38:26</date><authorinitials>devel06.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2007-05-10 16:38:10</date><authorinitials>devel06.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2007-04-30 10:18:13</date><authorinitials>devel03.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Principles of Diffusion MRI</title><para>Here you can find a brief summary of the physical principles behind acquisition and analysis of diffusion-wieghted MRI images. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Diffusion_and_MRI.pdf">Diffusion_and_MRI.pdf</ulink> </para></section><section><title>Sequences for Diffusion</title><para>On the 4th of December 2009 there was a meeting of the <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/MriPhysicsAndAnalysisForCognitiveNeuroscientists#">MR physics &amp; analysis for cognitive neuroscientists</ulink> group on DTI, which included a discussion about the new CBU standard protocol for acquisition of diffusion weighted images. </para><para>Here you can find some generic guidelines for chosing the voxel size/shape for you diffusion MRI experiment. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Diffuson_voxel_size.doc">Diffuson_voxel_size.doc</ulink> </para><para>The new standard CBU DTI sequence acquires isotopic voxels with dimensions 2x2x2mm3. The gaps between slices have also been removed, and instead we use interleaved slice acquisition to avoid crosstalk artefacts (more information here <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Desc_vs_Int.doc">Desc_vs_Int.doc</ulink> ). </para></section><section><title>Analyzing diffusion data</title><para>A DTI analysis tutorial by Charlotte Rae is available here  <ulink url="http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/DTItutorial"/>  </para><para><emphasis role="strong">Older information </emphasis> </para><para>See <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/SiemensDiffusionImages#">SiemensDiffusionImages</ulink> for an explanation of the images that the Siemens Trio writes out from a diffusion run. </para><para>Here are some notes on getting going with the fdt package for diffusion analysis in FSL: <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/DiffusionFdtNotes#">DiffusionFdtNotes</ulink> </para><para>We had in informal meeting to share experience between the WBIC, FSL, and CSL: <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/AnalyzingDiffusion/imaging/DiffusionMeeting10May2007#">DiffusionMeeting10May2007</ulink> </para></section></article>