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Published in final edited form as: Appl Opt. 2015 Mar 10;54(8):C23–C44. doi: 10.1364/AO.54.000C23

Table 1. Comparison of T₂ Estimation Accuracy for REPCOM and Echo Sharing Based on a Physical Phantom Composed of Cylindrical Vials Embedded in a Background Material with T₂ = 45 ms.

Object	Reference	REPCOM		Echo Sharing
Diameter (mm)	T₂ (ms)	${\hat{T}}_{2} (ms)$	% Error	${\hat{T}}_{2} (ms)$	% Error
5	233.2	233.7	0.2	188.1	−19.3
5	167.3	166.9	−0.2	160.0	−4.4
5	83.2	83.8	0.7	89.9	8.0
10	231.9	235.6	1.6	212.4	−8.4
10	168.2	168.6	0.2	159.0	−5.5
10	83.8	83.4	−0.5	85.5	2.0

Table 1. Comparison of T2 Estimation Accuracy for REPCOM and Echo Sharing Based on a Physical Phantom Composed of Cylindrical Vials Embedded in a Background Material with T2 = 45 ms.