1. Respiratory dynamic magnetic resonance imaging for determining aortic invasion of thoracic neoplasms 
Yoo Jin Hong, MD, Jin Hur, MD, Hye-Jeong Lee, MD, Young Jin Kim, MD, Sae Rom Hong, MD, Young Joo Suh, MD, Byoung Wook Choi, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 148, Issue 2, Pages (August 2014)
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2. Figure 1
A 63-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma in the left lower lobe. A, Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images demonstrate a 3.8-cm mass in the left lower lobe abutting the descending thoracic aorta (arrow). B, T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with fat suppression demonstrates an isodense mass in the left lower lobe without suspicious invasion of the descending aorta (arrow). C, Postcontrast T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with fat suppression demonstrate a heterogeneously enhancing tumor without suspicious invasion of the descending thoracic aorta (arrow).
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3. Figure 2
A 76-year-old woman with a metastatic sarcoma in the left lower lobe. A, Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images demonstrate a 5.3-cm mass in the left lower lobe with suspicious invasion of the descending thoracic aorta (arrow). B, T1-weighted axial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates a heterogeneous signal intensity tumor abutting the descending thoracic aorta (arrow). There was obliteration of the fat plane between the tumor and the adjacent aorta (arrowhead). C, Postcontrast coronal T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with fat suppression demonstrates a heterogeneously enhancing tumor (arrow) with suspicious invasion of the descending thoracic aorta (arrowhead).
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs )
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