Intercostal artery aneurysms complicating thoracic aortic coarctation: diagnosis with magnetic resonance angiography.

The case report of a 46-year-old woman diagnosed with complete aortic coarctation and multiple intercostal artery aneurysms using 'ultrafast time-resolved' multiphase contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and conventional single-phase, high-resolution breath-hold contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiogram techniques is presented. A review of intercoastal artery aneurysms occurring in conjunction with aortic coarctation and the various contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography techniques currently available is provided.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas at 3.0 tesla: qualitative and quantitative comparison with 1.5 tesla.

Objectives: We sought to perform a preliminary comparison of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and image quality for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pancreas at 1.5 and 3 T.

Materials And Methods: Two imaging cohorts were studied using a T2-weighted, single-shot fast spin-echo pulse sequence and a T1-weighted, fat-suppressed 3D gradient-echo pulse sequence.