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] | |||||||||||
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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 |