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We hypothesised that TFA metrics Gain, Lag, and their ratio, Gain\/Lag, correspond to conventional AIF resting perfusion metrics relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV), mean transit time (MTT) and relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF), respectively.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> 24 healthy participants (17 M) and 1 patient with steno-occlusive disease were recruited. We used non-invasive transient hypoxia-induced deoxyhemoglobin as an MRI contrast. TFA and conventional AIF analyses were used to calculate averages of whole brain and smaller regions of interest.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Maps of these average metrics had colour scales adjusted to enhance contrast and identify areas of high congruence. Regional gray matter\/white matter (GM\/WM) ratios for MTT and Lag, rCBF and Gain\/Lag, and rCBV and Gain were compared. 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