Table 2.
Parameter | Value |
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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 () (ms) | 600 |
SNR | 10, INF |
Simulation experiment 2 | |
No. of sub‐boluses | 7 |
SBD () (ms) | 300, 400, 500, 600 |
Variations added to SBD (ms) | (0, 10) |
SNR | 5, 10, 50, 100 |
Simulation experiment 3 | |
No. of boluses | 7 |
SBD () (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 () (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 |
Values indicate the mean and standard deviation of the Gaussian prior used in the model fitting.
Abbreviation: INF, infinity.