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. 2013 Mar 28;6(2):343–348. doi: 10.1007/s12194-013-0206-5

Table 2.

MPG directions and diffusional kurtosis imaging metrics

Motion probing gradient Posterior limb of the internal capsule Corpus callosum Thalamus Cerebrospinal fluid
FA
 6 0.65 ± 0.15 0.66 ± 0.14 0.37 ± 0.11 0.22 ± 0.12
 15 0.63 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.13 0.35 ± 0.11 0.17 ± 0.11
 20 0.61 ± 0.16 0.62 ± 0.15 0.29 ± 0.08 0.15 ± 0.11
 24 0.59 ± 0.16 0.61 ± 0.17 0.29 ± 0.06 0.15 ± 0.11
 28 0.60 ± 0.16 0.62 ± 0.16 0.28 ± 0.08 0.16 ± 0.12
 32 0.63 ± 0.17 0.67 ± 0.15 0.29 ± 0.08 0.17 ± 0.13
ADC (×10−3 mm2/s)
 6 0.65 ± 0.06 1.02 ± 0.22 0.69 ± 0.09 2.24 ± 0.36
 15 0.63 ± 0.05 1.02 ± 0.24 0.69 ± 0.08 2.22 ± 0.37
 20 0.63 ± 0.05 0.97 ± 0.24 0.71 ± 0.08 2.22 ± 0.37
 24 0.63 ± 0.06 0.99 ± 0.25 0.73 ± 0.11 2.20 ± 0.39
 28 0.62 ± 0.05 0.98 ± 0.25 0.73 ± 0.13 2.08 ± 0.38
 32 0.63 ± 0.05 0.99 ± 0.25 0.72 ± 0.14 2.07 ± 0.39
Mean DK
 6 1.21 ± 0.32 1.07 ± 0.31 0.94 ± 0.17 0.43 ± 0.24
 15 1.26 ± 0.21 0.97 ± 0.26 0.99 ± 0.14 0.44 ± 0.34
 20 1.25 ± 0.19 1.13 ± 0.26 0.90 ± 0.13 0.49 ± 0.16
 24 1.21 ± 0.18 1.10 ± 0.31 0.94 ± 0.13 0.44 ± 0.17
 28 1.28 ± 0.19 1.06 ± 0.28 0.97 ± 0.13 0.48 ± 0.20
 32 1.28 ± 0.16 0.99 ± 0.24 0.97 ± 0.12 0.48 ± 0.18

Uncertainties indicate standard deviation

There was a negative correlation between the standard deviation of the mean DK and MPG directions in the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the thalamus