Table 2.
Overview of the clinical protocol, which includes multiple rotated versions of the family of q-space trajectories in Figure 4. The rotations were defined in order to sample evenly in all directions, using a nested icosahedral sampling scheme (Figure 7). The table includes the number of directions acquired for each b-tensor shape and b-value. The 6 directions were obtained from the icosahedron sampling scheme, 10 from the dodecahedron, 16 from the icosahedron and the dodecahedron, and 30 from the truncated icosahedron scheme [55]. This gives a scheme with in total 216 measurements.
| b (s/mm2) | Stick | Prolate | Sphere | Oblate | Plane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 250 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 500 | 10 | 10 | 6 | – | 10 |
| 1000 | 16 | 16 | 6 | – | 16 |
| 2000 | 30 | 30 | 6 | – | 30 |