Table 1.
Tissue parameters used for simulations
| Tissue parameters | T1 a | PD | T2*d |
|---|---|---|---|
| WM | 1201 ms | 0.71 b | 28.7 ms |
| Cortical GM | 1962 ms | 0.81 b | 31.4 ms |
| Pulvinar - Mediodorsal nuclei | 1800 ms | 0.79 c | 24.2 ms |
| Center median - Ventral posterior lateral | 1400 ms | 0.74 c |
a
The T1 were from our measurements (see section 3.1 and Figure 1)
b
The proton density (PD) for WM and GM were taken from the literature (Neeb et al., 2006)
c
The PD for the thalamic nuclei were estimated based on the relationship between T1 and PD: 1/PD = A+B/T1 (Volz et al., 2012).
d
The T2* values were derived from the literature (Deistung et al., 2013) and used to model the variable signal decay induced by variation of TE that comes with changing BW.