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Table 2 Reduction of diffusivities in selected regions of interest after fixation, using the surface coil and one excitation

From: Impact of fixation, coil, and number of excitations on diffusion tensor imaging of rat brains at 7.0 T

Structures

Mean diffusivity

Axial diffusivity

Radial diffusivity

Corpus callosum

0.68 ± 0.04

0.66 ± 0.05

0.72 ± 0.04

External capsule

0.62 ± 0.03

0.64 ± 0.03

0.61 ± 0.03

Anterior commissure

0.63 ± 0.07

0.63 ± 0.12

0.62 ± 0.05

Internal capsule and cerebral peduncle

0.66 ± 0.03

0.68 ± 0.03

0.63 ± 0.04

Optic tract

0.70 ± 0.02

0.70 ± 0.04

0.69 ± 0.05

Cortex

0.56 ± 0.04

0.56 ± 0.06

0.57 ± 0.04

Hippocampus

0.54 ± 0.05

0.51 ± 0.07

0.55 ± 0.05

Striatum

0.54 ± 0.04

0.54 ± 0.03

0.54 ± 0.06

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (× 10− 4 mm2/s)