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. 2015 Mar 18;35(8):1296–1303. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.42

Table 3. Intracranial (IC), above the CoW, and GM intensity normalized correlation coefficient between ASL and [15O]H2O PET CBF evaluated at subject level (mean±s.d.).

  AccASL Single VS-ASL Dual VS-ASL pCASL no crush pCASL crush
Correlation with PET CBF
 IC 0.85±0.02 0.62±0.08 0.65±0.03 0.84±0.01 0.82±0.02
 Above CoW 0.89±0.02 0.72±0.08 0.84±0.02 0.91±0.01 0.91±0.02
 GM 0.35±0.06 0.13±0.06 0.14±0.06 0.38±0.05 0.39±0.06
Correlation with PET aCBV
 IC 0.72±0.06 0.54±0.09 0.58±0.06 0.74±0.06 0.73±0.06
 Above CoW 0.75±0.06 0.60±0.10 0.70±0.06 0.79±0.06 0.79±0.06
 GM 0.15±0.06 0.03±0.06 0.11±0.06 0.28±0.07 0.28±0.07

Abbreviations: aCBV, arterial cerebral blood volume; AccASL, acceleration-selective arterial spin labeling; CBF, cerebral blood flow; CoW, circle of Willis; GM, gray matter; pCASL, pseudo-continuous ASL; PET, positron emission tomography; VS-ASL, velocity-selective ASL.