Focused Real-Time Ultrasonography for Nephrologists

Figure 6

Renal assessment: ultrasound landmarks for kidneys. (a) RUQ hepatorenal view: landmarks for locating the kidney in the lateral right upper quadrant using a phased-array probe. The echogenic line separating the lung from the liver is the diaphragm (see Figure 4, probe position B). Adapted from Perera et al. with the authors’ permission [27]. (b) LUQ splenorenal view: landmarks for locating the kidney in the lateral left upper quadrant using a curvilinear probe. The echogenic line separating the lung from the spleen is the diaphragm (see Figure 4, probe position C). Adapted from Montoya et al. with the authors’ permission [1].

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