Comparison of the directional sensitivity of different schemes (M/N=1/6, b-value=1*109 s/m2, P0=450) are shown for conventional scheme (a) and the proposed optimization approach for CONE1 (b), CONE3 (c), and UNIF (d), respectively. In each panel, the first row shows the spatial distribution of B(D) and the second row is σ(D). Red points represent the center of the prior fiber distribution (CONE1 or CONE3). In each panel, the performance values are plotted on a spherical coordinate with azimuth angle θ (X-axis) ranging from −π to π and elevation angle ϕ(Y-axis) from 0 to π/2.