Fig. 3

a Maximum intensity projection (MIP) of a T2w scan with the entire thoracic duct (blue arrows) visualized. b Curved planar reformat of the same patient (a) showing the thoracic duct with 3D-bSSFP, also visualized in its entirety. c MIP of a T2w lymphatic scan in another patient, with loss of thoracic duct visualization in the upper thorax (red arrow), while (d) 3D-bSSFP showed the complete pathway of the duct