dc.contributor.author |
Vaghefi Rezaei, Seyed |
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dc.contributor.author |
Donaldson, Paul |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Switzerland |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-09-11T22:38:09Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Frontiers in Physiology 4:11 pages Article number 33 2013 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1664-042X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/35613 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We describe our development of the diffusion tensor imaging modality for the bovine ocular lens. Diffusion gradients were added to a spin-echo pulse sequence and the relevant parameters of the sequence were refined to achieve good diffusion weighting in the lens tissue, which demonstrated heterogeneous regions of diffusive signal attenuation. Decay curves for b-value (loosely summarizes the strength of diffusion weighting) and TE (determines the amount of magnetic resonance imaging-obtained signal) were used to estimate apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) and T2 in different lens regions. The ADCs varied by over an order of magnitude and revealed diffusive anisotropy in the lens. Up to 30 diffusion gradient directions, and 8 signal acquisition averages, were applied to lenses in culture in order to improve maps of diffusion tensor eigenvalues, equivalent to ADC, across the lens. From these maps, fractional anisotropy maps were calculated and compared to known spatial distributions of anisotropic molecular fluxes in the lens. This comparison suggested new hypotheses and experiments to quantitatively assess models of circulation in the avascular lens. |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Frontiers Media |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Frontiers in Physiology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1664-042X/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.subject |
MRI |
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dc.subject |
diffusion tensor imaging |
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dc.subject |
fractional anisotropy |
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dc.subject |
micro-circulation |
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dc.subject |
ocular lens |
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dc.title |
An exploration into diffusion tensor imaging in the bovine ocular lens |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.3389/fphys.2013.00033 |
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pubs.volume |
4 |
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dc.description.version |
VoR - Version of Record |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
23459990 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published online |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
374463 |
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pubs.org-id |
Bioengineering Institute |
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pubs.org-id |
ABI Associates |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Optometry and Vision Science |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1664-042X |
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pubs.number |
33 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-09-12 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
23459990 |
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