Table 2.

Comparisons of SNR and Scan Times of SLINCYL, SLINKY, and MOTSA.

		SLINCYL 1a	SLINCYL 2b	SLINKY	MOTSA
Thighs	SNRartery:	45.96±5.87	46.87±5.94	49.01±5.93	41.64±4.64
	SNRvein:	39.81±6.15	17.78±1.65	15.29±1.81	16.16±2.05
	SNRmuscle:	8.94±1.31	9.21±1.11	7.54±1.00	7.20±1.06
	Scan time:	3 min 1 s	3 min 6 s	4 min 33 s	4 min 33 s
Calves	SNRartery:	22.56±2.36	24.22±3.00	24.14±2.51	24.31±2.57
	SNRvein:	20.50±2.56	9.81±1.43	9.91±1.45	9.94±1.11
	SNRmuscle:	5.60±0.93	6.16±1.01	6.03±1.02	5.56±1.04
	Scan time:	3 min 30 s	3 min 35 s	5 min 28 s	5 min 28 s
			1 min 57 s*

^aWithout/with venous saturation pulse.

^bWithout/with venous saturation pulse.

^*With parallel imaging (Fig. 6).