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Table 2 Characteristics of and results for the alkanes used to validate ADC values

From: Intercentre reproducibility of cardiac apparent diffusion coefficient and fractional anisotropy in healthy volunteers

 

Mean diffusivity (×10-3 mm2/s)

 

T1 (ms)

T2 (ms)

Literature value at 19.3°C [13]

Stejskal-Tanner

STEAM DT-CMR

Undecane

1331

204

0.994

1.00 ± 0.02

1.00 ± 0.10

Dodecane

1160

163

0.770

0.79 ± 0.01

0.80 ± 0.07

Tridecane

999

173

0.623

0.63 ± 0.02

0.67 ± 0.09

Pentadecane

751

178

0.395

0.40 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.10

  1. Caption: MR parameters and expected diffusivities of the alkanes used [13] and the measured diffusivities of the four alkane phantoms, presented as mean ± standard deviation over ROI, showing good agreement between all three.
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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