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Myelin imaging derived quantitative parameter mapping compared to myelin water fraction
Yuki Kanazawa1, Masafumi Harada1, Yo Taniguchi2, Syun Kitano3, Nagomi Fukuda3, Yuki Matsumoto1, Hiroaki Hayashi4, Kosuke Ito2, Yoshitaka Bito2, and Akihiro Haga1
1Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, 2Healthcare Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 3Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, 4Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Myelin map derived from QPM can be applied for the quantitative assessment of white matter structure as substitute for MWF.
Fig.1 A schematic diagram of the QPM-myelin mapping (R1·R2*) and MWF images procedures.
Fig. 5 Plots the relationship between MWF values and R1·R2* product values derived from QPM across all four bilateral structures.