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. 2006 Oct 17;5:53. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-5-53

Table 2.

Summary of bolus model fitting parameters.

patient number tc σ τ C


a0 a1 C0 C1 C2
UIHC 'GE' MR machine 1 15 0.0076 1.80 4.89 4.2 0.044 -1.2e-4
2 17 0.017 7.75 5.25 4.4 -0.0032 -7e-5
3 17 -0.0029 2.34 8.10 5.4 0.068 -5.2e-4
4 13 0.019 2.04 5.30 2.7 0.014 -4e-5
5 13 0.0063 2.06 5.17 4.7 0.026 -1.7e-4
6 13 0.00047 1.67 6.37 5.1 -0.012 -4.3e-5
7 22 0.044 2.81 19.70 5.5 0.25 -3e-3
8 18 0.0089 2.06 6.79 5.8 -0.11 -2.4e-5
9 14 0.029 2.63 7.72 2.6 0.056 -5.6e-4
10 15 0.015 2.36 4.75 8.5 -0.052 3.5e-4
11 16 0.0092 1.87 8.27 5.7 -0.021 4.4e-5
12 15 0.0085 1.77 7.03 6.3 0.034 -4e-4
13 16 0.001 2.05 4.81 5 0.016 -3.6e-5
14 18 0.0082 2.48 18.20 16 -0.12 7.3e-4
15 14 0.0096 2.02 4.98 6.2 0.012 -8.9e-5
16 10 0.004 1.35 3.85 6.7 -0.051 1.8e-4
17 14 0.0085 1.85 4.98 4.3 0.11 -6.5e-5
18 12 0.0076 1.60 5.41 4.7 -0.021 1.4e-5
19 15 -0.0034 1.77 5.42 7.2 -0.0014 4.7e-6
20 13 0.0054 1.62 6.10 3.5 0.013 -9e-5
21 15 0.013 2.25 12.13 8.1 -0.067 3.9e-4
22 15 0.0062 2.24 9.16 14 -0.034 -1.3e-4

NU 'Siemens ' MR machine 23 16 0.0049 1.79 4.08 0.88 0.00074 -1.7e-5
24 23 0.0089 2.99 7.42 1.4 -0.0087 7.4e-6
25 24 0.0067 2.06 6.62 1.4 -0.0032 -1.4e-5
26 25 0.0061 2.08 6.52 1.3 -0.0035 -1.5e-5
27 28 0.0086 2.90 19.07 1.4 0.12 -1.3e-4
28 15 0.0027 1.86 4.09 0.81 -0.0034 5.7e-6
29 19 0.0078 2.62 3.48 1.5 0.036 -4.9e-4
30 20 0.0043 2.63 4.25 0.66 0.019 -5e-4

The fitting parameter σ and τ are represented by mean values, while tc and C are represented by linear function tc = a0 + a1z and quadratic function C = C0 + C1z + C2z2.