Diagnostic performance of short noncontrast biparametric 3-T MRI for tonsillar infections: comparison with a full protocol including contrast-enhanced sequences

Abstract Background We investigated whether a short, 5-min magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol consisting of only axial T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences can discriminate between tonsillar infections, peritonsillar abscesses and deeply extending abscesses in a retrospe...

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Published in:	European Radiology Experimental
Main Authors:	Jari-Pekka Vierula, Janne Nurminen, Ville Jussila, Mikko Nyman, Jaakko Heikkinen, Bernd Pape, Kaarlo Sorvettula, Kimmo Mattila, Jussi Hirvonen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2023-10-01
Subjects:	Emergency medicine Magnetic resonance imaging Observer variation Peritonsillar abscess Tonsillitis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-023-00379-0