We applied a Pseudo‐Continuous ASL (PCASL) sequence with images obtained with an interleaved 3D spiral fast spin echo (FSE) readout module. Scan time was 4:55 min, with the following parameters: 512 sampling points on eight spirals, spatial resolution = 4 × 4 × 3 mm, default reconstructed spatial resolution = 2 × 2 × 3 mm, TR = 5025, TE = 11,072 ms, labeling duration = 1450 ms, post‐labeling delay = 2025 ms, slice thickness = 3 mm, number of slices = 104, number of excitations = 3, and FOV = 256 mm. Care was taken when placing the lower edge of the 3D slab just below the cerebellum, which ensured that the distance to the labeling plane was approximately 9 cm below the anterior commissure to posterior commissure (AC‐PC) line, in head to feet direction (Aslan et al., 2010 (link)).
Structural T1‐weighted MRI were acquired using an inversion recovery‐fast spoiled gradient echo (BRAVO) sequence with 188 sagittal slices. Scan time was 4:43 min, TE = 3.18 ms, TR = 8.16 ms, T1 = 450 ms, field of view (FOV) = 256 mm, acquisition matrix = 256 × 256, 1 mm3 isotropic voxels, flip angle (FA) = 12°.