Table 3:

Tissue relaxation parameters

GMWMCSFOxy-CSF
T1 (ms)1820a1084a4356.6c3510e
T2 (ms)99a69a2500d2500
Proton density0.81b0.71b1.01.0
  • a Values acquired from Stanisz et al.24

  • b Values acquired from Neeb et al.22

  • c Value estimated from Lu et al21 for the best CSF nulling in FLAIR.

  • d Value acquired from Smith et al.23

  • e Value acquired from Zaharchuk et al13 (measured at 1.5T, see “Discussion”).