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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Radiol Nurs. 2017 Feb 16;36(1):3–9. doi: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2016.11.003

Table 7.

Flow Velocity Measurements Based on Age & Sex (in cm/sec)

Age and Sex N VmMCA (SD) VmBA (SD)
Boysa
4–8 years
24 92 (13) 61 (9)
Girlsa
4–8 years
24 99 (11) 70 (10)
Boysb
10–16 years
13 75 (16) 51 (12)
Girlsb
10–16 years
13 89 (16) 59 (11)

Adapted from

a

Tontisirin et al., 2007;

cm/sec: centimeter/second; SD: standard deviation; VmMCA: mean flow velocity middle cerebral artery; VmBA: mean flow velocity basilar artery