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. 2020 May 19;84(5):2523–2536. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28314

Table 1.

The prior distribution p(θ) of the model parameters θ={α,T1b,T1t,τtrans,τa,Vc,Vv,Δt,t0} in GM in the general population

  Parameter Parameter distribution
Parameters labeling efficiency α [ ] N(0.80,0.06) [39, 40]
longitudinal relaxation time of blood T1b [s] N(1.65,0.12) [7, 8, 41]
Specific IRF parameters longitudinal relaxation time of tissue T1t [s] N(1.45,0.14) [29]
blood‐to‐tissue water transit time τtrans [s] U(0.30,3.60) [42, 43, 44]
arterial microvascular transit time τa [s] U(0.30,1.00) [45, 46, 47]
tracer capillary distribution volume Vc [mL/100g] U(2.0,4.0) [37, 48]
tracer venous distribution volume Vv [mL/100 g] U(1.0,3.0) [49, 50]
Specific AIF parameters arterial transit time Δt [s] N(0.82,0.15) [12, 13]
center‐of‐vessel travel time t0 [s] N(0.10,0.01) [21, 22]

Note: A normal distribution is described as N(μ,σ) with μ the mean and σ the standard deviation; a uniform distribution is described as U(l,u) with l and u the lower and upper bound, respectively.