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Current Challenges Current Solutions Future Directions Acquisition Low resolution Higher static/gradient field PROPELLER Parallel acquisition Distortions by EPI Postprocessing corrections PROPELLER Parallel acquisition Cardiac/CSF pulsation Cardiac triggering Cardiac triggering in routine practice Robust estimate of the DT More averages Higher static field Optimized sequence parameters Increased number of DW directions Postprocessing and analysis Subjectivity of the ROI approach Training of the neurologist Registration to standard space Histogram analysis Correlations of DT derived metrics with clinical histopathology ROI and histogram analysis of MD and FA maps Include analysis of eigenvalues Focus on systems that have a functional significance (ie, specific fiber tracts) Voxel based assessment after normalization to standard space to avoid a priori hypotheses Acquisition and analysis Crossing/merging fibers Multicompartment models Q-space formalism High angular resolution
Note:—PROPELLER indicates periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction; EPI, echo-planar imaging; DT, diffusion tensor; DW, diffusion-weighted; ROI, region of interest; MD, mean diffusivity; FA, fractional anisotropy.