Characterizing microstructure of living tissues with time-dependent diffusion
arXiv:1210.3014 · doi:10.1073/pnas.1316944111
Abstract
Molecular diffusion measurements are widely used to probe microstructure in materials and living organisms noninvasively. The precise relation of diffusion metrics to microstructure remains a major challenge: In complex samples, it is often unclear which structural features are most relevant and can be quantified. Here we classify the structural complexity in terms of the long time tail exponent in the molecular velocity autocorrelation function. The specific values of the dynamical exponent let us identify the relevant tissue microanatomy affecting water diffusion measured with MRI in muscles and in brain, and the microstructural changes in ischemic stroke. Our framework presents a systematic way to identify the most relevant part of structural complexity using transport measured with a variety of techniques.
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