title: [Magnetic resonance tomography of a thoracic aortic aneurysm].
abstract: The results of magnetic resonance imaging in 16 patients with non-dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta are presented. Scans with ECG-gated spin-echo sequences in transversal, coronal, and left anterior oblique views demonstrated the size and extent of the aneurysms. Measurements of the maximum aneurysmal diameter differed by less than 5 mm from measurements obtained with computed tomography. In 6 of 7 patients with presence of wall adherent intraluminal signal, phase images were able to differentiate accurately between mural thrombus and slow blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Spielmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sehlz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schofer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Witte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Kernspintomographie des thorakalen Aortenaneurysmas.