Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Diffusion

Diffusion

Diffusion is the passive movement of substances down their concentration gradients—requiring no expenditure of cellular energy. Substances, such as molecules or ions, diffuse from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration in the cytosol or across membranes. Eventually, the concentration will even out, with the substance moving randomly but causing no net change in concentration. Such a state is called dynamic equilibrium, which is essential for maintaining overall...

Diffusion

Diffusion

Diffusion is a type of passive transport. In passive transport, a substance tends to move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across the space. For example, take the diffusion of substances through the air. When someone opens a perfume bottle in a room filled with people, the perfume is at its highest concentration in the bottle and is at its lowest at the edges of the room. The perfume vapor will diffuse, or spread away, from the...

Assessment of Diffusion and Perfusion

Assessment of Diffusion and Perfusion

Understanding and evaluating diffusion and perfusion is critical in assessing a patient's respiratory and circulatory health. These processes play key roles in maintaining the body's internal environment, ensuring that tissues receive adequate oxygen while waste products are efficiently removed.
The Role of Diffusion in Respiration
Diffusion is the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. In the respiratory system, this...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Temporal Activity and Co-Occurrence Patterns of Sympatric Wild Ungulates in Baotianman, China.

Ecology and evolution·2026

Same author

Decoding motor imagery related to major mimetic muscles from electroencephalography.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation·2026

Same author

Divergent decoupling pathways for economic growth and NO<sub>2</sub> emissions in China revealed by satellite observations.

iScience·2026

Same author

Unveiling global population exposure to biomass burning: index development and its drivers over two decades.

Environment international·2026

Same author

End-to-end performance modeling for the TanSat-2 NO<sub>2</sub> instrument: an evaluation of key design parameters for an elliptical orbit mission.

Applied optics·2026

Same author

CARE: a next-generation high resolution cloud and radiation remote sensing product and its Earth system applications.

Science bulletin·2026

Same journal

Time as the language of Behavior: events, sequences, patterns and meanings.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

Same journal

Detection of cochlear microphonic for differential diagnosis between auditory neuropathy mice and noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss mice.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

Same journal

Assessment metrics for pain control in rats: A methodological commentary.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

Same journal

Infant EEG preprocessing pipelines: A capability framework and current gaps in practice.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

Same journal

Methods for measuring neural activity during voluntary wheel running.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

Same journal

Serotype-dependent differences in AAV cellular transduction rates in the hypothalamus of Arctic ground squirrels.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Mar 15, 2026

Advanced Diffusion Imaging in The Hippocampus of Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Diffusion Imaging in The Hippocampus of Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Published on: August 14, 2019

DiffusionKit: A light one-stop solution for diffusion MRI data analysis.

Sangma Xie¹, Liangfu Chen¹, Nianming Zuo¹

¹Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

|August 29, 2016

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

DiffusionKit offers a lightweight, cross-platform solution for diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) analysis. This comprehensive toolkit simplifies white matter tractography and statistical analysis for researchers.

Keywords:

Anatomical connectivity DTI Diffusion MRI DiffusionKit HARDI

More Related Videos

Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

Published on: April 7, 2015

Co-analysis of Brain Structure and Function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Co-analysis of Brain Structure and Function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Published on: November 8, 2012

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Mar 15, 2026

Advanced Diffusion Imaging in The Hippocampus of Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Diffusion Imaging in The Hippocampus of Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Published on: August 14, 2019

Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

Published on: April 7, 2015

Co-analysis of Brain Structure and Function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Co-analysis of Brain Structure and Function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Published on: November 8, 2012

Area of Science:

Neuroimaging
Biomedical Engineering
Computational Neuroscience

Background:

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is crucial for in vivo white matter mapping.
Existing dMRI analysis tools suffer from large installation sizes, incomplete pipelines, and limited cross-platform compatibility.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a unified, user-friendly, and cross-platform solution for dMRI data analysis.
To address the limitations of current dMRI analysis toolkits.

Main Methods:

Developed DiffusionKit, a self-contained, executable toolkit for dMRI analysis.
Implemented a complete pipeline including data conversion, preprocessing, reconstruction, fiber tracking, statistical analysis, and visualization.
Utilized C/C++ and Qt/VTK for implementation.

Main Results:

DiffusionKit provides a comprehensive, full-function pipeline for dMRI data analysis.
The toolkit is lightweight, cross-platform, and requires no additional software installation.
Offers both graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line functions for flexibility.

Conclusions:

DiffusionKit offers a complete and advanced solution for dMRI data analysis.
Its user-friendly interface and broad functionality will significantly benefit dMRI research.
The toolkit's small size and cross-platform compatibility enhance accessibility for researchers worldwide.