Pictorial Review of Normal Pericardial Structures •: A Highly-detailed Anatomical Study as Revealed by In-vivo CT and MR Images and Ex-vivo Novel 3D Reconstructions from Visible Human Server

The pericardial cavity, sinuses, and recesses are frequently depicted on Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MR). We here review the normal human pericardial structures as provided by MR imaging of young, healthy subject and CT scans acquired after iatrogenic coronary dissection. We compared such radiological information with cadaveric axial and sagittal sections of the human body provided by the Visible Human Server (VHS), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne (EPFL), Switzerland.