Fig. 2
Four slices through the thoracic duct (blue arrows) shown with the T2 weighted (T2w) scan, 3D-balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP), and overlay used to identify lymphatic pathway on 3D-bSSFP. The red arrow indicates a portion of the thoracic duct that was not visualized with the T2w scan but could be seen with 3D-bSSFP (corresponding Additional file 1)