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Table 5 Regional values in the healthy brain from the literature

From: Non-local means based Rician noise filtering for diffusion tensor and kurtosis imaging in human brain and spinal cord

Region

References

Number of directions (DIR), b-values (ms/μm2)

Voxel size (mm3)

MK

RK

MD (mm2/s)

FA

RD (mm2/s)

PUT

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

0.67 ± 0.08

0.61 ± 0.08

0.79 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.03

PUT

[55]

50 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

1.9 × 1.9 × 5

0.77 ± 0.01

0.85 ± 0.01

1.72 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.01

1.57 ± 0.03

GP

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.06 ± 0.08

1.05 ± 0.10

0.86 ± 0.08

0.27 ± 0.04

0.74 ± 0.06

GP (Left)

GP (Right)

[56]

60 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2800)

2.2 × 2.2 × 2.2

1.76 ± 0.15

1.85 ± 0.17

–

–

–

–

CC (genu)

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.06 ± 0.11

2.07 ± 0.45

0.93 ± 0.06

0.80 ± 0.04

0.36 ± 0.07

CC (genu)

[55]

50 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

1.9 × 1.9 × 5

0.90 ± 0.05

0.90 ± 0.07

1.82 ± 0.08

0.70 ± 0.05

1.04 ± 0.07

CC (genu)

[83]

64 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5

0.94 ± 0.07

–

1.38 ± 0.12

0.44 ± 0.04

–

CC (splenium)

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.32 ± 0.09

2.72 ± 0.41

0.89 ± 0.09

0.83 ± 0.03

0.31 ± 0.07

CC (splenium)

[55]

50 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

1.9 × 1.9 × 5

1.07 ± 0.08

1.05 ± 0.07

1.70 ± 0.06

0.76 ± 0.04

0.87 ± 0.03

CC (splenium)

[83]

64 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5

1.14 ± 0.09

–

1.17 ± 0.10

0.54 ± 0.05

–

IC

[84]

15 DIR, 6 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500)

2 × 2 × 2

1.05 ± 0.08

0.84 ± 0.03

–

–

–

IC (Left)

IC (Right)

[56]

60 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2800)

2.2 × 2.2 × 2.2

1.45 ± 0.06

1.49 ± 0.07

–

–

–

–

ALIC

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.04 ± 0.10

1.60 ± 0.28

0.87 ± 0.05

0.60 ± 0.04

0.53 ± 0.05

PLIC

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.23 ± 0.09

2.04 ± 0.23

0.89 ± 0.09

0.71 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.07

EC

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

0.81 ± 0.05

1.02 ± 0.09

0.90 ± 0.05

0.41 ± 0.03

0.70 ± 0.04

EC

[55]

50 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

1.9 × 1.9 × 5

0.85 ± 0.01

0.93 ± 0.05

1.73 ± 0.19

0.38 ± 0.03

1.28 ± 0.03

Cg

[54]

15 DIR, 5 b-values (0, 500, 1000, 2500, 2750)

2 × 2 × 2

1.07 ± 0.07

1.85 ± 0.26

0.86 ± 0.07

0.66 ± 0.06

0.48 ± 0.08

Cg

[55]

50 DIR, 3 b-values (0, 1000, 2000)

1.9 × 1.9 × 5

0.94 ± 0.03

0.96 ± 0.07

1.64 ± 0.05

0.55 ± 0.05

1.08 ± 0.05

  1. PUT, putamen; GP, globus pallidus; CC, corpus callosum; IC, internal capsule; ALIC, anterior limb of IC; PLIC, posterior limb of IC; EC, external capsule; Cg, cingulum
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