Today in lab we scanned each other, using the intercostal window. We looked at the liver, great vessels, spleen, right and left kidneys and the liver vasculature. We scanned in sagital, transverse, and coronal planes, when the patient was taking a deep breath, and when she was taking a shallow one. At the end of a deep breath in, we noticed that the liver and other organs moved inferiorly, and at the end of a shallow breath, the organs did not move as much.
The liver looked much clearer after the patient took a deep breath, because it moved inferiorly and was not superimposed by the ribs as much. The spleen looked better after a shallow inspiration, and the kidneys looked more clear when the patient was holding the breath.
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