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To evaluate concordance among the readers, the Fleiss K value was calculated. Sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values were calculated for each observer separately, and from all values, a mean was calculated. Results: The final cohort consisted of 28 patients (11 diagnosed with head-and-neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs)) of whom 7 were histologically confirmed and 4 identified based on a positive family history; 11 patients were undergoing familial screening (8 with HNPGLs and 3 without), and 6 patients had surgically confirmed vagal schwannomas. None of the schwannomas showed any increase in signal on pcASL sequences or arterial enhancement on TRICKS acquisition. The best concordance among readers was reached for pcASL and combined pcASL-TRICKS images (K = 1). 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