. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Jul 18;34(3):696–701. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22663

Table 1.

Lumen area, total vessel area, and vessel wall area measurements obtained with BB 3D SSFP in the popliteal artery (n = 11).

	DIR	SPSAT	MSPREP	T2IR
Lumen area (mm²)
Proximal	29 ± 8^†^*	27 ± 10^†^*	33 ± 10	33 ± 10
Middle	23 ± 7^†^*	20 ± 7^†^*	29 ± 8	29 ± 8
Distal	16 ± 5^†^*	17 ± 5^†^*	24 ± 8	23 ± 6

Total vessel area (mm²)
Proximal	52 ± 11^*	51 ± 12^†^*	55 ± 15	55 ± 14
Middle	42 ± 11^†^*	39 ± 10^†^*	47 ± 11	48 ± 11
Distal	31 ± 8^†^*	32 ± 8 ^†^*	39 ± 10	39 ± 9

Vessel wall area (mm²)
Proximal	23 ± 4	24 ± 6	22 ± 6	21 ± 5
Middle	19 ± 5	20 ± 3	19 ± 3	19 ± 3
Distal	15 ± 3	15 ± 3	15 ± 3	16 ± 3

^†

indicates significance compared to T2IR (P < 0.05).

indicates significance compared to MSPREP (P < 0.05).