Table 1.
Flow parameters for Cartesian 4D flow, spiral 4D flow and cine 2D phase contrast, for each major abdominal vessel measured (total number of measured vessels is given in parenthesis). Flow parameters are given as mean ± standard deviation.
| Cartesian 4D flow | Spiral 4D flow | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow | Area | Vavg | Vpeak | Flow | Area | Vavg | Vpeak | |
| Hepatic artery (n=6) | 3.5 ±1.4 | 0.53 ±0.10 | 6.7 ±2.8 | 20.1 ±8.3 | 4.1 ±1.7 | 0.48 ±0.10 | 8.3 ±3.2 | 29.4 ±14.4 |
| Celiac axis (n=8) | 7.2 ±3.0 | 0.56 ±0.10 | 12.9 ±5.2 | 48.6 ±25.8 | 5.8 ±3.8 | 0.46 ±0.11 | 13.5 ±8.4 | 51.2 ±33.2 |
| Splenic artery (n=10) | 5.1 ±4.4 | 0.57 ±0.13 | 8.5 ±6.4 | 29.2 ±27.5 | 4.7 ±3.1 | 0.38 ±0.07 | 12.0 ±5.9 | 34.7 ±15.6 |
| SMA (n=9) | 6.5 ±4.4 | 0.63 ±0.15 | 9.8 ±4.3 | 56.6 ±28.7 | 4.9 ±2.2 | 0.45 ±0.08 | 11.1 ±3.7 | 53.2 ±24.2 |
| Right renal artery (n=7) | 7.1 ±2.2 | 0.56 ±0.12 | 12.8 ±3.8 | 40.6 ±13.5 | 5.0 ±1.8 | 0.46 ±0.07 | 10.7 ±2.5 | 30.6 ±5.9 |
| Left renal artery (n=9) | 6.0 ±1.6 | 0.55 ±0.10 | 11.0 ±2.8 | 38.5 ±14.6 | 5.7 ±2.2 | 0.47 ±0.08 | 12.1 ±3.3 | 31.1 ±9.6 |
| Aorta above celiac (n=8) | 55.4 ±20.6 | 2.80 ±0.85 | 19.7 ±5.6 | 74.4 ±21.1 | 47.5 ±19.3 | 3.00 ±0.83 | 16.4 ±5.9 | 68.3 ±23.8 |
| Aorta below renal (n=9) | 21.9 ±9.8 | 1.71 ±0.46 | 12.7 ±5.5 | 67.1 ±21.3 | 18.5 ±8.1 | 1.71 ±0.28 | 11.4 ±5.1 | 65.4 ±21.7 |
| Portal vein (n=10) | 10.6 ±6.1 | 1.28 ±0.54 | 8.1 ±2.7 | 15.5 ±4.1 | 8.8 ±4.1 | 1.13 ±0.45 | 7.8 ±1.8 | 15.4 ±3.0 |
| SMV (n=6) | 5.0 ±2.4 | 0.83 ±0.17 | 5.9 ±1.8 | 11.6 ±2.8 | 4.1 ±2.5 | 0.80 ±0.36 | 5.1 ±1.0 | 12.0 ±1.9 |
| Splenic vein (n=9) | 4.5 ±2.4 | 0.70 ±0.24 | 6.4 ±2.1 | 13.5 ±4.6 | 4.0 ±1.6 | 0.50 ±0.16 | 7.1 ±2.2 | 14.5 ±4.3 |
| IVC above renal (n=9) | 37.5 ±14.1 | 2.71 ±1.30 | 15.8 ±6.4 | 39.7 ±20.4 | 28.4 ±10.1 | 2.47 ±1.22 | 16.8 ±10.1 | 36.4 ±14.6 |
| IVC below renal (n=9) | 18.6 ±7.4 | 1.91 ±0.91 | 10.4 ±3.4 | 24.3 ±6.3 | 13.5 ±7.7 | 1.66 ±0.79 | 8.6 ±4.3 | 21.3 ±6.7 |
| Right HV (n=6) | 7.2 ±3.8 | 0.94 ±0.35 | 7.2 ±1.6 | 21.4 ±11.3 | 4.2 ±1.9 | 0.68 ±0.20 | 6.2 ±2.7 | 17.3 ±6.2 |
| Middle HV (n=4) | 7.0 ±2.7 | 0.76 ±0.09 | 9.2 ±3.4 | 27.9 ±16.0 | 3.2 ±1.1 | 0.55 ±9.33 | 5.9 ±1.9 | 21.7 ±10.8 |
| Left HV (n=4) | 4.7 ±1.4 | 0.68 ±0.13 | 7.2 ±3.0 | 28.8 ±10.2 | 3.4 ±1.4 | 0.58 ±0.10 | 6.2 ±2.8 | 24.9 ±12.9 |
| Left renal vein (n=7) | 7.7 ±1.7 | 0.94 ±0.19 | 8.3 ±1.8 | 18.3 ±5.7 | 6.6 ±3.3 | 1.00 ±0.60 | 7.0 ±2.3 | 18.1 ±5.6 |
| Right renal vein (n=6) | 6.0 ±1.3 | 0.82 ±0.18 | 7.5 ±2.1 | 15.3 ±5.0 | 4.1 ±1.0 | 0.71 ±0.18 | 6.2 ±2.6 | 14.4 ±5.8 |
| Cine 2D phase contrast | ||||||||
| Portal Vein (n=10) | 8.6 ±2.7 | 1.87 ±0.45 | 4.7 ±1.4 | 7.3 ±1.8 | ||||
Area: time-averaged vessel area in cm2; Flow: time-averaged total flow in mL/s; HV: hepatic vein; IVC: inferior vena cava; SMA: superior mesenteric artery; SMV: superior mesenteric vein; Vavg: time-averaged through-plane velocity in cm/s; Vpeak: peak through-plane velocity in cm/s.