. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 5.

Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2009 Mar;61(3):626–633. doi: 10.1002/mrm.21499

Table 1.

Hemoglobin Oxygen Saturation Level and Its Uncertainty for Five Healthy Volunteers Computed from Axial Images Taken with Shimming Implemented by the Scanner

Subject	Femoral A. (S_AO₂±σ_SO₂) %HbO₂	Popliteal A. (S_AO₂±σ_SO₂) %HbO₂	Femoral V. (S_VO₂±σ_SO₂) %HbO₂	Popliteal V. (S_VO₂±σ_SO₂) %HbO₂
1	99 ± 3	93 ± 3	59 ± 3	67 ± 3
2	98 ± 3	97 ± 3	56 ± 3	79 ± 3
3	92 ± 4	97 ± 4	54 ± 4	63 ± 4
4	91 ± 4	99 ± 4	54 ± 4	64 ± 4
5	97 ± 4	99 ± 3	68 ± 4	58 ± 3

The average difference in venous saturation is greater than 10% HbO₂.