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Table 1 Parameters and settings for numerical simulations

From: Volumetric BOLD fMRI simulation: from neurovascular coupling to multivoxel imaging

Parameters

Settings

Remarks

B0

3 Tesla

Main static magnetic field

Hct

0.4 (dimensionless ratio)

Blood hematocrit

Y

0.6 (dimensionless ratio)

Oxygenation level = [0,1]

χdo

0.27 × 4π ppm (SI metrics)

= χdexoy - χoxy

NAB

NAB(x, y, z) Gaussian ellipsoid

Neuroactive blob (Eq(1))

V(x, y, z)

Binary volume (radii = [2, 10] μm)

Cortical vasculature (Eq(2))

FOV: D0 × D0 × D0

2 × 2 × 2 mm3

Cortical field of view

FOV support matrix

2048 × 2048 × 2048

Digital geometry (1 μm grid)

voxel: d0× d0× d0

32 × 32 × 32, 64 × 64 × 64, 128 × 128 × 128

Three voxel sizes (1 μm grid)

C[xn, yn, zn;TE]

64 × 64 × 64, 32 × 32 × 32, 16 × 16 × 16

Complex multivoxel image

A[xn, yn, zn;TE]

Assuming non-negative

MR magnitude image(Eq(9))

P[xn, yn, zn;TE]

Assuming positive/zero/negative

MR phase image (Eq(9))

corrA

In a range of [0, 1]

Magnitude mapping (Eq(10)

corrP

In a range of [0, 1]

Phase mapping (Eq(11))

TE

In a range of [0, 60] ms

Gradient echo time