Table 4.
Contrast-to-noise ratios (CNR) for each component, as would be estimated using the corresponding parameters in Table 3. These values assume a T 2 value of 150 ms, a total of Ntotal = 100, and an SNR in the b=0 images of 30
| component | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 shells | 152 | 18 | 6.0 | ||
| 3 shells | 125 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.7 | |
| 4 shells | 88 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 |