Diagnosis of aortic dissection by NMR-CT

NMR imaging was carried out to study the aortic dissection of 5 patients and compared with X-ray CT. NMR image of aortic dissection could show the intimal flap, the sizes of the true and false lumen, the clot within the false lumen of the aorta. Additionally slow flow caused an increase in the intensity of the false lumen, which contrasted with the absence of the signal within the true lumen. NMR imaging was thought to be the first diagnostic method for the evaluation of the aortic dissection. (author)