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. 2013 Nov 14;3:74. doi: 10.1186/2191-219X-3-74

Table 1.

Proportion of simulations that had α 0 = 0 or α 0 ≠ 0 identified by NLSA and SA

Simulated scenario NLSA performance
SA performance
SNR = 60
SNR = 120
SNR = 60
SNR = 120
α 0 = 0 (%) α 0 ≠ 0 (%) Accuracy (%) α 0 = 0 (%) α 0 ≠ 0 (%) Accuracy (%) α 0 = 0 (%) α 0 ≠ 0 (%) Accuracy (%) α 0 = 0 (%) α 0 ≠ 0 (%) Accuracy (%)
Tri-exponential
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No trapping (α0 = 0)
100
-
100
100
-
100
21
79
21
14
86
14
  Trapping 1 (α0 = 0.006)
10
90
90
6
94
94
6
94
94
10
90
90
  Trapping 2 (α0 = 0.06)
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
  Trapping 3 (α0 = 0.2)
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
  Trapping 4 (α0 = 0.6)
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
Bi-exponential
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No trapping (α0 = 0)
100
-
100
100
-
100
14
86
14
2
98
2
  Trapping 1 (α0 = 0.006)
23
77
77
13
87
87
4
96
96
-
100
100
  Trapping 2 (α0 = 0.06)
6
94
94
2
98
98
-
100
100
-
100
100
  Trapping 3 (α0 = 0.2)
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
  Trapping 4 (α0 = 0.6) - 100 100 - 100 100 - 100 100 - 100 100

α0 indicates the tracer trapping. Units are in min-1.