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Table 1 Quantitative signal intensity measurements performed by region-of-interest analysis (values provided with averages and standard deviations)

From: Altered saturation pulse with a high flip angle for venous saturation on 7 T time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography

 

45 FA-cTOF

90 FA-cTOF

90 FA-MinVER

Sagittal sinus

Tissues

348.53 ± 2.93

425.09 ± 4.77

336.99 ± 3.02

SS

415.57 ± 33.54

281.92 ± 29.37

176.42 ± 27.71

VTCR

0.088 ± 0.84

0.203 ± 0.72

0.313 ± 0.80

Middle cerebral arteries

Tissues

462.20 ± 16.98

516.20 ± 10.00

522.61 ± 13.01

MCA

1541.44 ± 135.28

1666.45 ± 132.96

1660.95 ± 174.02

VTCR

0.539 ± 0.78

0.527 ± 0.86

0.521 ± 0.86

  1. FA, flip angle; cTOF, conventional TOF; SS, sagittal sinus; MCA, middle cerebral artery; VTCR, vessel-to-tissue contrast ratio