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. 2019 Sep 12;83(2):731–748. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27956

Table 2.

Parameter values used in simulations and in vivo experiments

Parameter Value
All simulation experiments
CBF (mL/100 g/min) 60
ATT (ms) 700
TI (ms) 40, 640, …, 6040
Tissue T1 (ms) 1300
Arterial blood T1 (ms) 1650
Simulation experiment 1
No. of sub‐boluses 1, 2, …, 7
SBD (τ) (ms) 600
SNR 10, INF
Simulation experiment 2
No. of sub‐boluses 7
SBD (τ) (ms) 300, 400, 500, 600
Variations added to SBD (ms) N (0, 10)
SNR 5, 10, 50, 100
Simulation experiment 3
No. of boluses 7
SBD (τ) (ms) 600
SNR 5, 10, 50, 100
ATT (ms) 800, 1000, 1200
In vivo experiment using Turbo‐QUASAR
CBF (mL/100 g/min) (0, 1012)a
ATT (ms) (700, 10–1)a
Tissue T1 (ms) Estimated from the control data
Arterial blood T1 (ms) 1650
Total number of sub‐boluses 6
SBD (τ) (ms) Estimated from PC‐MRI data
Blood‐water partition coefficient 0.98
Inversion efficiency 0.91
In vivo experiment using PCASL
CBF (mL/100 g/min) (0, 1012)a
ATT (ms) 1300
PLD (ms) 1800
Bolus duration (ms) 1800
Tissue T1 (ms) 1300
Arterial blood T1 (ms) 1650
Blood‐water partition coefficient 0.98
Inversion efficiency estimated from PC‐MRI data
a

Values indicate the mean and standard deviation of the Gaussian prior used in the model fitting.

Abbreviation: INF, infinity.