Effects of nongaussian diffusion on "isotropic diffusion" measurements: An ex-vivo microimaging and simulation study

Sune Nørhøj Jespersen1, Jonas Lynge Olesen1, Andrada Ianuş2

  • 1Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN) and MINDLab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Summary

Deviations from Gaussian diffusion models in MRI can lead to inaccurate measurements of tissue microstructure. This study reveals how non-Gaussian effects confound orientation dispersion and kurtosis, impacting isotropic diffusivity calculations.