Table 3.

Summary of FA values for the median nerve acquired with different scan parameters.

		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	Spatial	1×1	1×1	1×1	1×1	1×1	1×1	1×1	1.8×1.8
	Resolution
	#DGED	42	21	7	21	21	21	42	42
	#repetitions	2	4	12	4	2	1	2	2
	FA	0.775±0.046	0.832±0.042	0.866±0.030	0.832±0.042	0.809±0.052	0.779±0.047	0.775±0.046	0.702±0.034
A	p values		5.64E-06	1.82E-12
B				0.00039
C
D						0.03664	2.63E-05
E							0.01513
F
G									4.35E-09
H

The FA values were averaged over multiple measurements during optimization processes. The p values are based on the t-test in which the FA values with different acquisition schemes were compared.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H indicate different acquisition conditions.

FA= Fractional Anisotropy.

DGED= diffusion gradient encoding directions

p values=student’s t-test among different acquisition conditions, for example, p=0.04409 between A and B