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Table 3 Summary of study parameters. Time to Evaluation (TTE) was either 9 days (9d) or 6 months (6 m)

From: Effect of applied energy in renal sympathetic denervation with magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound in a porcine model

Animal ID

TTE

Acoustic Power (W)

Mean propagation path length, z (cm)

Derated Intensity, I D (kW/cm2)

Medulla norepinephrine (ng/mL/g)

Spinous process enhancement (mm)

Left

Right

Ratio (R/L)

11

9d

80

8.9

0.40

2322

1322

0.57

0

2

9d

80

8.6

0.41

1131

1480

1.31

0

9

6 m

80

7.5

0.62

1655

2440

1.47

0

12

9d

80

7.3

0.65

2402

1187

0.49

20

20

9d

80

7.2

0.67

1658

3239

1.95

0

18

9d

80

7.1

0.70

2248

1334

0.59

0

5

6 m

80

7.1

0.74

591

1241

2.10

0

17

9d

80

6.5

0.81

810

771

0.95

21

8

9d

200

9.5

0.90

992

1139

1.15

19

7

6 m

140

7.8

1.00

3048

2907

0.95

0

14

9d

140

7.7

1.04

484

789

1.63

18

1

9d

140

7.5

1.10

899

2572

2.86

9

21

9d

140

7.5

1.11

855

892

1.04

20

3

9d

200

8.0

1.19

992

2246

2.26

7

19

9d

140

7.0

1.31

4478

1350

0.30

28

4

6 m

140

6.9

1.33

229

29

0.12

19

15

9d

200

8.0

1.38

861

953

1.11

38

13

9d

200

7.7

1.49

1880

1216

0.65

20

6

6 m

200

7.3

1.49

646

295

0.46

0

16

9d

140

6.4

1.54

539

385

0.71

17

23

9d

140

6.3

1.54

1027

197

0.19

11

24

9d

200

7.6

1.59

1339

837

0.63

22

10

6 m

200

7.3

1.70

1065

1457

1.37

0

22

9d

200

7.2

1.78

653

311

0.48

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  1. Spinous process enhancement measures the maximum length of any hyper intensity present around the right spinous process after the post-contrast 3D T1w VIBE images. The solid line separator indicates the animal treated with a low or high derated acoustic intensity (1.2 kW/cm2 threshold)