Imaging of the aorta has greatly been improved by the recent development of helical computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. This report develops typical features of variety of aortic diseases including dissections, aneurysms, aortic rupture, non aneurismal atherosclerotic diseases, arteritis, aortic coarctation and postoperative aorta. The place for the different imaging modalities is discussed according to the disease involved.