Table 2:
Predicted normalized standard deviation of parameter estimates (in %) for ASL-MRF labeling schedules used in our comparisons. The last row shows the overall weighted design cost associated with each scheme based on eqn. (5).
Parameter | normalized std deviation (%) | ||
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optimized scan | random scan | decreasing affine scan | |
Perfusion | 46.4 | 51.0 | 46.1 |
CBVa | 17.2 | 21.9 | 19.5 |
BAT | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
MTR | 121.1 | 124.2 | 137.1 |
T 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
Flip | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Cost | 233.4 | 250.8 | 252.3 |