Table 1.

The averaged T1 (RMS ± SD in sec.) without and with Gd as the function of strains (%)

Averaging Region	T1 without Gd (sec.)			T1 with Gd (sec.)
	0 %	14%	45%	0%	13%	48%
Full thickness	1.20±0.15	1.02±0.15	0.67±0.15	0.45±0.131	0.52±0.131	0.54±0.111
SZ (0–0.08)	1.28±0.02	0.60±0.17	0.33±0.06	0.28±0.022	0.32±0.032	0.32±0.082
TZ (0.08–0.24)	1.30±0.02	0.94±0.08	0.55±0.05	0.29±0.01	0.37±0.01	0.42±0.03
RZ (0.24–1)	1.17±0.16	1.06±0.06	0.72±0.05	0.48±0.13	0.56±0.12	0.58±0.09

Note 1: Three sets of the original T1 data were statistically different (see the text for discussion).

Note 2: Three sets of the original T1 data in SZ were statistically identical (see the text for discussion).