Free water elimination diffusion tractography: A comparison with conventional and fluid‐attenuated inversion recovery, diffusion tensor imaging acquisitions

White matter tractography reconstructions using conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) near cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces are often adversely affected by CSF partial volume effects (PVEs). This study evaluates the ability of free water elimination (FWE) DTI methods to minimize the PVE of CSF for deterministic tractography applications.

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