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Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson. 2014 May 4;244:53–63. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.04.016

Table 1.

Statistic results of the gmT₂ values and relative fractions for the agar gel phantom

Number of Averages		1	4	16	50
shorter-T₂ gel
Rician signals	Tissue-associated	24.8ms (96.5%)	27.1ms (98.2%)	28.2ms (99.1%)	28.5ms (99.5%)
Rician signals	CSF-like	3.5%	1.8%	0.9%	0.5%
Transformed signals	Tissue-associated	27.5ms (99.4%)	28.2ms (99.7%)	28.5ms (99.8%)	28.7ms (99.9%)
Transformed signals	CSF-like	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
longer-T₂ gel
Rician signals	Tissue-associated	57.5ms (95.6%)	61.5ms (98.5%)	63.3ms (99.6%)	63.8ms (99.8%)
Rician signals	CSF-like	4.4%	1.5%	0.4%	0.2%
Transformed signals	Tissue-associated	63.1ms (99.4%)	63.3ms (99.8%)	63.7ms (99.9%)	63.9ms (99.9%)
Transformed signals	CSF-like	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%