Table 1.

Experimental design with sequence techniques and image contrasts

Sequences	Agarose phantom	Tissue specimen	Human
View angle tilting	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	None
	Axial, sagittal T1 and PD
Slice encoding for metal artefact correction	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	Coronal STIR
	Axial, sagittal T1 and PD		Axial T1
			Sagittal PD
Product	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	Coronal T1, T2, PD, STIR	Coronal STIR
	Axial, sagittal T1 and PD		Axial T1
			Sagittal PD

PD, proton density-weighted imaging; Product, conventional sequence; STIR, short tau inversion recovery; T₁, T₁ weighted imaging; T₂, T₂ weighted imaging.