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In practice, arterial-transit artifacts that generate hyperintense signal in CBF maps warrant careful consideration. While these effects are well characterized in humans, they are less well understood in mice owing to the marked interspecies physiological differences.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To address this knowledge gap, we systematically characterized pCASL hyperintense signal as a function of post-labeling delay (PLD) and crusher-gradient strength in mice. Numerical simulations were also performed to validate the experimental findings.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We found that hyperintense signals in mice extend to arteries, major veins, and ventricular structures (e.g., choroid plexus). Such a pattern was different from human pCASL images, where hyperintense signals are predominantly present in arteries. Statistical analyses supported a PLD of 500 ms as a pragmatic balance between detection sensitivity and suppression of vascular contamination. Additional experiments and numerical simulations showed that, within the tested range, stronger crusher gradients provided little extra vascular suppression\u2014primarily because large vessel calibers relative to small voxels limit intravoxel phase dispersion. 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