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. 2011 Sep 20;33(12):2831–2842. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21404

Table II.

Mean signal in the magnitude images, susceptibility values, and T2* values for the subthalamic nuclei, substantia nigra, and the calculated contrast‐to‐noise ratio for the second measurement

TE1 TE2 TE3 χ [ppm] T2* [ms]
STN SN CNR STN SN CNR STN SN CNR STN SN CNR STN SN CNR
#1 59.57 57.31 0.37 29.72 26.15 0.57 14.47 12.52 0.4 0.04 0.07 2.15 14.79 13.48 0.37
#2 59.36 62.14 0.31 30.68 32.81 0.21 15.52 17.07 0.19 0.07 0.08 0.14 15.76 16.42 0.13
#3 71.27 63.22 1.13 38.23 29.32 0.99 19.43 13.92 0.8 0.05 0.09 2.54 16.29 13.62 0.85
#4 62.97 50.74 1.59 33.55 21.3 1.27 17.21 10.49 0.82 0.09 0.1 0.49 16.44 12.78 0.91
#5 76.35 71.82 0.51 43.86 36.34 0.74 24.56 19.39 0.57 0.05 0.1 1.95 18.44 15.7 0.85
#6 72.9 63.04 1.61 38.47 29.32 1.29 21.97 15.01 1.22 0.05 0.09 2.47 16.84 14.17 0.78
#7 73.01 61.56 1.97 39.7 26.4 2.21 23.17 12.16 1.82 0.06 0.1 2.35 17.67 12.5 1.56
#8 76.52 65.06 1.55 42.37 27.54 1.88 22.25 12.46 1.37 0.04 0.11 3.24 17.1 12.24 1.42
Mean 68.99 61.86 1.13 37.07 28.65 1.15 19.82 14.13 0.9 0.06 0.09 1.92 16.66 13.86 0.86
stdev 7.22 6.06 0.65 5.23 4.54 0.66 3.75 2.92 0.54 0.02 0.01 1.06 1.13 1.5 0.48