Table 6.

Comparison with reported T1, T2, T2* and ECV values at 1.5 and 3 T

	Present Study	Reported Values
		1.5 T	3.0 T
T1 (ms)	1124 ± 57	950 ± 21 (n = 34) [12]†	1159 ± 41 (n = 60) [23]†
			1052 ± 23 (n = 32) [12]†
			1286 ± 59 (n = 28) [20]
T2 (ms)	52 ± 6	GraSE:	GraSE:
		59 ± 4 (n = 30) [13]†	54 ± 4 (n = 30) [11, 13]
		T2-SSFP	T2-SSFP
		52 ± 3 (n = 14) [12]	44 ± 3 (n = 30) [11, 13]†
		53 ± 3 (n = 30) [11, 13]	45 ± 3 (n = 60) [23]†
T2* (ms)	25 ± 7	30 ± 7 (n = 10) [8]	20.5 (n = 20) [27]
		32 ± 2 (n = 30) [14]†	23 ± 2 (n = 20) [22]
		36 ± 5 (n = 30) [15]†
ECV (%)	27 ± 3	25 ± 4 (n = 34) [12]†	26 ± 4 (n = 32) [12]

† p < 0.01 using paired t-test vs present study (performed only for group sizes n > 30)