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. 2020 Aug 11;21(10):192–199. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13000

Table 1.

The image views that were selected from an abdominal complete exam and used for the clinical evaluation with the accompanied questions

View name Question
Longitudinal spleen Which image is preferred for making an accurate spleen length measurement?
Longitudinal spleen/left kidney Which image is preferred for assessing echotexture of the spleen compared with the kidney?
Longitudinal left kidney (pole to pole) Which image is preferred for making an accurate kidney length measurement?
Longitudinal left kidney Which image is preferred for assessing kidney anatomy?
Longitudinal proximal aorta Which image is preferred for making an accurate aortic diameter measurement?
Longitudinal distal aorta Which image is preferred for making an accurate aortic diameter measurement?
Transverse pancreas Which image is preferred for visualizing the pancreas?
Longitudinal pancreas tail Which image is preferred for visualizing the pancreas?
Longitudinal medial left lobe liver Which image is preferred for evaluating the hepatic vein lumen in this normal subject?
Longitudinal caudate lobe liver Which image is preferred for delineating the caudate lobe of the liver?
Transverse left liver/IVC Which image is preferred for clear demonstration of the hepatic vessels?
Longitudinal right liver/right kidney Which image is preferred for assessing the echotexture of the liver and kidney cortex?
Common hepatic duct Which image is preferred for visualizing the hepatic artery and measuring the common hepatic duct?
Common bile duct Which image is preferred for clearly visualizing the common bile duct as far as possible from the liver?
Longitudinal gallbladder decubitus supine Which image is preferred for assessing the gall bladder lumen in this normal subject?
Transverse gallbladder decubitus supine Which image is preferred for assessing the gall bladder wall?
Longitudinal right liver Which image is preferred for assessing the liver contour?