The Influence of Radiologist Practice Setting on Identification of Vascular Compression from Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Trigeminal Neuralgia

The frequency of vascular compression reported by non-academic radiologists is much lower than what is reported by academic neuroradiologists reading the same MRI scans. These results highlight the effect of practice setting on the predictive power of neuroimaging. Future studies are indicated to further investigate these relationships, as well as to trial newer imaging modalities.