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Exchange between tissue compartments is crucial for interpretation of diffusion MRI measurements in brain gray matter. However, reported values of exchange time are broadly dispersed, about two orders of magnitude. We analyze the…
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Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is the primary imaging modality used to study brain microstructure in vivo. Reliable and computationally efficient parameter inference for common dMRI biophysical models is a challenging inverse problem, due to factors…