Imaging of the Aorta

Iacopo Carbone is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Director of the Diagnostic Radiographer school at Polo Pontino, Sapienza University of Rome. He is the Head of the "Academic Diagnostic Imaging Division" - I.C.O.T. Hospital, Latina – ITALY. He has more than 20 years of experience in cardiovascular imaging and he is author of more than 120 peer reviewed papers.Davide Farina is a Full Professor of Radiology and Director of the Diagnostic Radiographer school at the University of Brescia. He is Director of Radiology Unit 2 at ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia. He has more than 20 years’ experience in cardiovascular imaging and head and neck imaging and is Author of more than 100 peer reviewed papers and more than 20 book chapters.Pier Giorgio Nardis is an interventional radiologist working as consultant at the Academic Hospital Policlinico Umberto I° in Rome. He has more than 15 years of experience in vascular imaging and intervention. He is involved in research and clinical activities and has several publications concerning vascular imaging and interventional radiology.Davide Bellini is an Assistant Professor working at the Academic Diagnostic Imaging Division - I.C.O.T. Hospital, University of Rome "Sapienza". He is the author of more than 50 papers and associate editor for several International Peer Review Journals.

• 1 Anatomy and imaging techniques.- 2 Aorta on chest X-ray.- 3 Aortic aneurysms: pretreatment evaluation.- 4 Aortic aneurysms: follow up.- 5 Acute aortic syndrome.- 6 Inflammatory diseases of the aorta.- 7 Congenital anomalies of thoracic aorta: an overview.- 8 Taking it to the test – clinical cases.