Table 1.

MRI sequence characteristics in salivary gland protocol

	T1W TSE	T2W TSE-HR	STIR	T1W TSE-HR	FS T1W TSE	DW-EPI
FOV	200 × 218	210 × 210	200 × 220	210 × 210	200 × 200	225 × 225
Flip angle	90	90	90	90	10	90
TR	528	2515	6000	444	6,8	7170
TE	14	90	140	16	3,3	70
Slice	4	3	5	4	5	2
Matrix	224 × 196	264 × 204	232 × 185	244 × 195	168 × 166	112 × 112

DW-EPI, diffusion-weighted echoplanar imaging; FOV, field of view; FS, fat saturated; STIR, short tau inversion recovery; Slice, slice thickness; TE, echo time; TR, repetition time;T₁W TSE, T₁ weighted turbo spin echo.