. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010 Nov;32(5):1197–1208. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22344

Table 2.

Summary of the intensity values within the cortex in rat brain

Set	Image	Intensity (Short TE)	cv (Short TE)	Intensity (Long TE)	cv (Long TE)
1	Original	19730±4153	0.210	8274±1772	0.214
1	Corrected	17129±2767	0.162	7180±1179	0.164
2	Original	19931±3935	0.197	8053±1895	0.235
2	Corrected	17087±2409	0.141	6904±1237	0.179
3	Original	13405±2851	0.213	5758±1167	0.203
3	Corrected	11612±1774	0.153	5007±838	0.167
4	Original	13243±2683	0.203	5436±1140	0.210
4	Corrected	11491±1775	0.154	4738±895	0.189

cv = coefficient of variation

Set 1 and set 2 have in-plane resolution of 0.137 mm × 0.182 mm, while set 3 and 4 have in plane resolution of 0.150 mm × 0.150 mm. All sets include two echoes (TE = 22msec and 65msec). The mean ± standard deviation and coefficient of variation are presented here.