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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2011 Feb 24;66(1):40–56. doi: 10.1002/mrm.22775

Table 3.

MR constants and physiological parameters used in the simulations.

T1
(ms)
T2
(ms)
C
(ml water
/ml tissue)
X
(%)
CBV
(ml blood
/ml parenchyma)
base. act. base. act.
GM 1209a 70.8c 71.4c 0.89e 84.5c 0.0525c 0.0655f
WM 758a 81a 81a 0.73e 5c 0.0210c 0.0210c
CSF 4300a 1442c 1442c 1c 10.5c
Arterial
blood
1627b 102d 102d 0.87e 0.0110g 0.0176h
Capillary
blood
1627b 63.3d 80.1d 0.87e 0.0173g 0.0208h
Venous
blood
1627b 36.2d 55.3d 0.87e 0.0242g 0.0271h
a

Lu et al. (62).

b

Lu et al. (32). No significant difference was found between arterial and venous blood.

c

Donahue et al. (19). The GM T2 values are for extravascular tissue only, not including the blood compartment.

d

Zhao et al. (63), based on oxygenation levels at baseline/activation of: arterial = 98%/98%, capillary = 77%/85%, venous = 61%/73%.

e

Herscovitch et al. (64).

f

A 25% total CBV change is assumed.

g

Volume fractions: arteriolar, capillary, venular = 21%, 33%, 46%, are assumed (36,37).

h

A 60% increase in CBVa (4), a 20% increase in CBVc (33,34), and the remaining 12% increase in CBVv are assumed.