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Fig. 4

From: Ultrasonography for clinical decision-making and intervention in airway management: from the mouth to the lungs and pleurae

Fig. 4

Cricothyroid membrane. Left: The linear high frequency transducer placed in the midsagittal plane, the scanning area is marked with a black line. Right: The cricothyroid membrane (orange); the thyroid cartilage (green); the cricoid cartilage (purple); anterior part of tracheal rings (dark blue); the tissue/air border (light blue); the isthmus of the thyroid gland (yellow). Below the tissue/air border only artefacts are seen (white)

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