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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Sep 9;29(9):1186–1194. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.07.011

Table 2. Measured respiratory parameters during each of the breathing conditions in Table 1.

All values are average ± standard deviation across subjects. Respiration amplitude ratio is calculated relative to the FREE1 condition; RVT = respiration volume per time; ETCO2 = end-tidal carbon dioxide.

Condition Respiration Amplitude Ratio Respiratory Rate (min−1) RVT (arb. units) ETCO2 (mmHg)
FREE1 1.00 ±0 15.5 ± 3.35 2.5 ± 0.68 37.4 ± 2.78
NORMAL1 1.11 ± 0.27 15.4 ± 0.85 2.8 ± 0.75 35.9 ± 3.40
RAPID1 1.07 ± 0.31 22.0 ± 0.30 3.9 ± 1.19 31.9 ± 2.42
DEEP1 1.50 ± 0.59 13.7 ± 2.78 3.0 ± 0.66 29.8 ± 2.46
RAPID&DEEP 1.24 ± 0.57 25.5 ± 3.71 4.8 ± 2.11 23.9 ± 2.07
DEEP2 1.59 ± 0.61 13.8 ± 1.05 3.2 ± 0.78 26.7 ± 2.78
RAPID2 1.11 ± 0.38 22.2 ± 0.34 3.9 ± 1.39 25.8 ± 2.63
NORMAL2 1.11 ± 0.26 15.6 ± 0.61 2.7 ± 0.87 28.5 ± 3.16
FREE2 0.88 ± 0.25 14.1 ± 2.55 2.0 ± 0.77 32.0 ± 3.59