Table 2:

A comparison of the visualization of ICV and tributaries on the 3 different MRV techniques

VeinsMRVPSI-MRV/3D CE-MRVPSI-MRV/3D CE-FSPGR3D CE-MRV/3D CE-FSPGR
PSI-MRV3D CE-MRV3D CE-FSPGR
RangeMeanRangeMeanRangeMean
ICV3–33.00 ± 0.003–33.00 ± 0.003–33.00 ± 0.00NoneNoneNone
TSV3–33.00 ± 0.003–33.00 ± 0.003–33.00 ± 0.00NoneNoneNone
SV2–32.90 ± 0.301–32.44 ± 0.522–32.73 ± 0.50PSIaPSIaFSPGRa
Anterior caudate nucleus veins1–32.34 ± 0.810–31.44 ± 0.741–32.46 ± 0.57PSIaFSPGRbFSPGRa
Superior choroidal vein0–10.86 ± 0.350–21.65 ± 0.660–21.85 ± 0.513D CE-MRVaFSPGRaFSPGRa
Medial atrial vein0–31.93 ± 0.940–31.50 ± 0.910–32.09 ± 1.04PSIaFSPGRcFSPGRc