1Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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MRI is routinely collected in patient care but is limited in assessing changes
in tissue microstructure. We developed a new method to assess tissue
directionality using the power spectrum of T2-weighted MRI and validated it
using the highly coherent structure, corpus callosum. In controls, power
spectrum-derived angles corresponded exactly with the predicted aligning
directions of the corpus callosum, and such aligning patterns were interrupted
in advanced MS patients with increased variability and angular entropy.
Fourier-based power spectrum may provide advanced measures of tissue
directionality following myelin and axonal pathology using clinical scans.
