TABLE A1.

Scan parameters of time-of-flight (TOF) and phase contrast MRA (PC-MRA) flow measurement for investigated subjects.

Scan parameters	TOF	PC-MRA (NOVA protocol)
Number of excitations	1	2
Temporal resolution (ms)	26	10.9
Echo Time	3.4	4.2
Flip angle (deg)	18°	25°
Acceleration factor	2	-
Number of slabs	4	-
Magnetization transfer	on	-
Matrix size	512 × 512 × 408	-
Voxel size (mm)	0.39 × 0.39	-
Slice Thickness (mm)	0.6	-
Slice Spacing	0.3	5
Echo Train Length	1	1
Pixel Spacing	0.3906	0.625
Cardiac Number of Images	-	12
Velocity Encoding (VENC)	-	1000
Acquisition time (s)	18000	-