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CT examinations were performed 90 s after contrast agent administration. Carotid bodies\u2019 dimensions were noted and their volumes calculated. To quantify the agreement between both methods, Bland\u2013Altman plots were computed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and its localization-oriented variant (LROC) curves were plotted. Results: Of the 116 expected carotid bodies, 105 were found on CT and 103 on MR at least by a single observer. Significantly more findings were concordant in CT (92.2%) than in MR (83.6%). The mean carotid body volume was smaller in CT (19.4 mm3) than in MR (20.8 mm3). The inter-observer agreement on volumes was moderately good (ICC (2,k) 0.42, p &lt; 0.001), but with significant systematic error. The diagnostic performance of the MR method added up to 88.4% of the ROC\u2019s area under the curve and 78.0% in the LROC algorithm. Conclusions: Carotid bodies can be visualized on contrast-enhanced MR with good accuracy and inter-observer agreement. 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