Diagnostic Ultrasound - Abdomen and Pelvis

Approach to Hepatic Sonography
Diagnoses: Liver
(Left) Transverse ultrasound
shows the liver dome. (Right)
Transverse ultrasound shows
the liver dome at the level of
the hepatic venous
confluence. The hepatic veins
are labeled.
(Left) Transverse ultrasound
shows the right lobe of the
liver at the level of the hepatic
hilum. The right portal vein is
shown . (Right) Inferiormost
transverse ultrasound
shows the right lobe of the
liver at the level of the right
kidney.
(Left) Color Doppler
ultrasound shows the hepatic
venous confluence with the
hepatic veins labeled. (Right)
Color Doppler transverse
oblique ultrasound through
the plane of the right portal
vein st is shown, with the
anterior and posterior
branches labeled.
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