Diffusion MRI

Section I: Introduction to Diffusion MRI 1. Introduction to diffusion MR 2. Pulse Sequences for Diffusion-Weighted MRI 3. Diffusion Acquisition: Pushing the Boundaries 4. Geometric Distortions in Diffusion MRI 5. Gaussian Modeling of the Diffusion Signal 6. Multiple Fibers: Beyond the Diffusion Tensor

Section II: Diffusion MRI for Quantitative Measurement 7. White Matter Structure: A Microscopist's View 8. The Biological Basis of Diffusion Anisotropy 9. Inferring Microstructural Information of White Matter from Diffusion MRI 10. Cross-Subject Comparison of Local Diffusion MRI Parameters 11. Diffusion MRI in Neurological Disorders 12. Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Study of Aging and Age-Associated Neural Disease 13. Diffusion Imaging in teh Developing Brain 14. Individual Differences in White Matter Microstructure in the Healthy Brain 15. Diffusion Tensor Imaging and its Applications to Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

Section III: Diffusion MRI for In Vivo Neuroanatomy 16. Mapping Connections in Humans and Non-Human Primates: Aspirations and Challenges for Diffusion Imaging 17. Classic and Contemporary Neural Tract-Tracing Techniques 18. The Human Connectome: Linking Structure and Function in the Human Brain 19. MR Diffusion Tractography 20. Validation of Tractography 21. Connectivity Fingerprinting of Gray Matter 22. Contribution of Diffusion Tractography to the Anatomy of Language 23. Presurgical Tractography Applications 24. Comparing Connections in the Brains of Humans and Other Primates Using Diffusion-Weighted Imaging 25. Imaging Structure and Function

Heidi Johansen-Berg is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Nuffield Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford. Since 2015, Heidi has been the Director of the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), a multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to the use of non-invasive neuroimaging in basic and clinical neuroscience research. Heidi's own research is focused on brain plasticity, with particular interest in how the brain changes when we learn new skills or recover from damage such as stroke. Her group tackles these questions using brain imaging and stimulation methods in both humans and rodents. Timothy E.J. Behrens FRS is a British neuroscientist. He is Deputy Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and Honorary Lecturer, Wellcome Centre for Imaging Neuroscience, University College London

"A thorough and exciting review of the diffusion MRI techniques that are going to rewrite our knowledge of the long tract anatomy of the human brain. Extremely well written and illustrated." - Michael S. Gazzaniga, Director, Sage Center for the Study of Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA "25 years after its debut, diffusion MRI today provides us with beautiful, marvelous images of connecting wires within the human brain, and this is achieved just by placing healthy subjects or patients in the middle of a strong magnet. How is this miracle possible? What could we expect from the knowledge of the brain connectome? This beautifully illustrated book addresses these questions with great clarity. The book is highly recommendable to all those who are interested in the links between brain structure and function." - Denis Le Bihan, Member of the Institut de France, Academy of Sciences; Director, NeuroSpin; CEA-Saclay Center, Gif-sur-Yvette, France "Unbelievable as it may seem, we know almost nothing about the real connectivity of the human cerebral cortex.What we think we know is mostly inferred from results obtained in the monkey.This book provides an exciting exploration of diffusion tensor imaging, a method that can start to close this gap.The editors, who are themselves pioneers in this field, have assembled authoritative chapters on the promises that lie ahead and the challenges that will be encountered." - Marsel Mesulam, Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychology; Director, The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA "Diffusion MRI has tremendous potential for elucidating brain structure and circuitry in health and disease, but the approach is fraught withmethodological and interpretational challenges. This excellent and authoritative book edited by Johansen-Berg and Behrens is an invaluable resource for everyone using diffu

"This text outlines the theory and applications of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In 25 chapters, radiologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others from North America, Europe, and Israel outline the methods underlying diffusion imaging; the use of diffusion MRI for quantitative measurement and in understanding neurological disorders." -- ProtoView.com, April 2014