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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

Scanning protocol used for a focused LUS examination. The anterior and posterior axillary line can be used to divide each hemithorax into an anterior, lateral and posterior surface. a The anterior and lateral surfaces on each side of the chest are both divided into an upper and lower quadrant, the image demonstrates the four quadrants on the left hemithorax (1L–4L). b The posterior surfaces on each side were divided into an upper, middle and lower quadrant, the image demonstrates the four quadrants on the left hemithorax (5L–7L). Each quadrant represents a scanning zone, in which the transducer is placed approximately in the middle of the zone making a cross sectional image of an intercostal space and the underlying pleura blades

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