• Object ID: 00000018WIA30FBD870GYZ
  • Topic ID: id_40026897 Version: 1.2
  • Date: Dec 21, 2021 2:19:17 PM

Aorta plane

About this task

Use these steps to acquire images of the aorta.

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Prescribe and acquire a sagittal localizer.
  2. Prescribe and acquire coronal slices (yellow line indicates graphic location) for an ascending aorta view.
    Figure 1. Coronal slice location
  3. Prescribe and acquire an axial localizer.
  4. Prescribe and acquire oblique sagittal slices (yellow line indicates graphic location) for an aortic arch view.
    Figure 2. Oblique sagittal slice location