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Two experienced neuroradiologists, blinded to clinical parameters, independently evaluated the scans in separate sessions. After blinded readings, raters re-evaluated all sequences to assess if lesions could be retrospectively identified in other sequences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Spinal cord lesions were found in 81 patients. The highest inter-rater reliability was observed for the sagittal T2w-TSE sequence (\u03ba\u2009=\u20090.73, 95%-CI 0.66\u20130.79), followed by the axial T2w-TSE (\u03ba\u2009=\u20090.71, 95%-CI 0.63\u20130.79) and the sagittal STIR sequence (\u03ba\u2009=\u20090.65, 95%-CI 0.58\u20130.73). The axial T2w-TSE sequence demonstrated superior lesion detection rates, identifying significantly more lesions (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009361) compared to the STIR (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009293) and T2w-TSE sagittal (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009224) sequence (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Axial T2w-TSE sequences with full spinal cord coverage provide superior lesion detection compared to sagittal sequences and should be included in standard MRI protocols for MS patients. 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