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Table 2 Distribution of two measurements of the mean velocity for 2D flow and two 4D flow phase-contrast sequences (GRAPPA2 and k-t-GRAPPA5) with different rotational frequencies of the blood pump

From: Validation of two accelerated 4D flow MRI sequences at 3 T: a phantom study

Rotational pump output, rpm

Venc, cm/s

Pump reference mean velocity

2D flow PC mean velocity

4D flow PC GRAPPA2 mean velocity

4D flow PC k-t-GRAPPA5 mean velocity

cm/s

cm/s (difference from the pump reference)

cm/s

cm/s (difference from the pump reference)

cm/s

cm/s (difference from the pump reference)

cm/s

Exam 1

Exam 2

Mean ± SD

Exam 1

Exam 2

Mean ± SD

Exam 1

Exam 2

Mean ± SD

Exam 1

Exam 2

Mean ± SD

1,500

40

22

22

22 ± 0.0

22 (+ 0)

23 (+ 0)

22.5 ± 0.7

23 (+ 1)

23 (+ 1)

23 ± 0.0

23 (+ 1)

22 (+ 0)

22.5 (± 0.7)

2,000

50

31

30

31 ± 0.7

32 (+ 1)

32 (+ 2)

32 ± 0.0

32 (+ 1)

32 (+ 2)

32 ± 0.0

31 (+ 0)

31 (+ 1)

31 (± 0.0)

2,500

60

39

39

39 ± 0.0

41 (+ 2)

41 (+ 2)

41 ± 0.0

41 (+ 2)

41 (+ 2)

41 ± 0.0

41 (+ 2)

42 (+ 3)

41.5 (± 0.7)

3,000

70

50

50

50 ± 0.0

50 (+ 0)

50 (+ 0)

50 ± 0.0

49 (-1)

50 (+ 0)

49.5 ± 0.7

50 (+ 0)

52 (+ 2)

51 (± 1.4)

3,500

85

59

59

59 ± 0.0

60 (+ 1)

60 (+ 1)

60 ± 0.0

58 (-1)

59 (+ 0)

58.5 ± 0.7

60 (+ 1)

62 (+ 3)

61 (± 1.4)

4,000

100

70

70

70 ± 0.0

71 (+ 1)

70 (+ 0)

70.5 ± 0.7

68 (-2)

70 (+ 0)

69 ± 1.4

71 (+ 1)

72 (+ 2)

71.5 (± 0.7)

4,500

110

80

80

80 ± 0.0

81 (+ 1)

82 (+ 2)

81.5 ± 0.7

79 (-1)

80 (+ 0)

79.5 ± 0.7

81 (+ 1)

83 (+ 3)

82 (± 1.4)

5,000

125

91

91

91 ± 0.0

92 (+ 1)

93 (+ 2)

92.5 ± 0.7

91 (+ 0)

91 (+ 0)

91 ± 0.0

92 (+ 1)

94 (+ 3)

93 (± 1.4)

5,500

140

101

101

101 ± 0.0

103 (+ 2)

103 (+ 2)

103 ± 0.0

100 (-1)

101 (+ 0)

100.5 ± 0.7

103 (+ 2)

104 (+ 3)

103.5 (± 0.7)

  1. No significant differences between measurements and pump reference were observed (p = 0.998)
  2. 2D two-dimensional, 4D four-dimensional, cm/s centimetres per second, GRAPPA generalised autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition; PC phase-contrast, SD standard deviation of the mean, Venc velocity encoding