Optimizing Diffusion-Weighted MRI Using Electrostatic Repulsion

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For optimal modeling of the tissue diffusion, the diffusion gradient directions need to be evenly distributed on a hemisphere (the signal attenuation in direction will be identical to directions ). This can be done using electrostatic repulsion of particles on a sphere [4]. This method also allows for optimal multishell gradient distributions, where the shell weighting determines if the sub-shells are optimized () or the total number of directions is optimized () [5]. Multiple shells are shown using points with different colors.

Contributed by: Martijn Froeling (March 2015)
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