Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging of Primary and Recurrent Middle Ear Cholesteatoma: An Assessment by Readers with Different Expertise

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Images of primary cholesteatoma of the right middle ear cavity: (a) coronal SE T1w, (b) axial T2w TSE, (c) coronal SSh SE-EPI DWI (thickness 2 mm; TE 88.364 ms; TR 3774 ms; FOV 230 × 230 mm; number of average 4; value: 0–800), and (d) coronal MSh TSE DWI (thickness 3 mm; TE 80.672 ms; TR 3000 ms; FOV 230 × 230 mm; number of average 2; value: 0–1000).

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