Quantitative Histological Validation of Diffusion Tensor MRI with Two-Photon Microscopy of Cleared Mouse Brain

1Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan 2Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine 3Research & Development Group, Hitachi Ltd. 4Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo 5Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences 6Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Received November 22, 2015; Accepted February 10, 2016; published online March 30, 2016)

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