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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2017 May 28;79(2):1157–1164. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26702

Table 1.

A summary of the most important results from Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Monte Carlo Simulations (SNR=25 of Fig. 1)
Fibril Fraction 4% 7% 10% 13% 16% 20%
DT (MD mean±std) 2.23±0.17 2.01±0.17 1.83±0.16 1.68±0.16 1.57±0.16 1.46±0.16
ZP (MD mean±std) 2.22±0.11 2.00±0.10 1.82±0.10 1.67±0.10 1.56±0.10 1.45±0.09
MD ground truth 2.22 2.00 1.82 1.68 1.56 1.45
DT (FA mean) 0.23±0.07 0.30±0.07 0.36±0.08 0.45±0.08 0.51±0.08 0.59±0.08
ZP (FA mean) 0.19±0.06 0.27±0.07 0.34±0.07 0.44±0.07 0.50±0.07 0.58±0.07
FA ground truth 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.40 0.48 0.55
DT-synthesised (SNR=25 of Fig. 2)
Diffusion Profile [λ1, λ2, λ3] [2.0 2.0 2.0] [2.0 2.0 1.4] [2.0 2.0 0.8] [2.0 1.4 1.4] [2.0 1.4 0.8] [2.0 0.8 0.8]
DT (MD mean±std) 2.00±0.17 1.80±16 1.60±0.16 1.60±0.16 1.40±0.16 1.20±0.16
ZP (MD mean±std) 2.00±0.10 1.80±0.09 1.59±0.09 1.60±0.09 1.40±0.08 1.20±0.08
MD ground truth 2.00 1.80 1.60 1.60 1.40 1.20
DT (FA mean±std) 0.21±0.07 0.29±0.08 0.46±0.08 0.31±0.09 0.46±0.09 0.57±0.11
ZP (FA mean±std) 0.18±0.06 0.25±0.08 0.40±0.09 0.28±0.09 0.42±0.10 0.54±0.10
FA ground truth 0.00 0.19 0.41 0.21 0.40 0.52
In Vivo (from Fig. 3)
Subjects Healthy Patient KL1 Patient KL2
DT (MD mean±std) 1.62±0.08 1.72±0.10 1.72±0.09
ZP (MD mean±std) 1.62±0.08 1.72±0.10 1.72±0.09
DT (FA mean±std) 0.37±0.04 0.36±0.05 0.33±0.05
ZP (FA mean±std) 0.33±0.05 0.32±0.06 0.29±0.05
*

All diffusivity (MD and λ’s ) units are in μm2/ms.