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I will use some ultrasound gel on the right epigastrium and use the curved array sonographical probe. The standard abdominal pre-settings of your sonographical machine will be sufficient. First of all, I go into the \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:00:30] \u003C\u002Fb>median of the body, into the right epigastrium and I'll tell the patient to take a deep breath and hold it. Here, we can see that I'm going to a cross-section of the left liver lobe. When I've done that, I will ask the patient to exhale then inhale again and hold it and go to the right epigastrium \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:01:00] \u003C\u002Fb>and can evaluate the right liver lobe. Sometimes, it's not very easy to fill in all of the blank parts of the right liver lobe because of the air that is in the colon and the patient has eaten two hours ago. So, you can also put the right arm over your head. Take a deep breath again and here, you can see the picture getting a little bit better but still it's not \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:01:30] \u003C\u002Fb>optimal. Can you turn around to the left side a little bit? Yes, that's good. Take a deep breath again. Now, we can see the right liver lobe a little bit better. When I've done that I go into the standard cross-sections of the center of the liver. The most cranial of them representing the liver vein star, as you can see here, \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:02:00] \u003C\u002Fb>joining in the inferior vena cava, as you can see, which would be the structure, here. Exhale again. Take a deep breath and hold it. The next cross-section is the jumping stag sign, as you can see here. You can see, like the horns and the head of the stag, then you can see the body. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:02:30] \u003C\u002Fb>The legs going away, which is the portal vein branching in the center of the liver. Exhale again. Take a deep breath again. The next structure you can evaluate, here, is this echogenic line that is between the right and left liver lobe. This is the interlobar ligament, which ends in teres hepatis ligament. Exhale again. Take a deep breath again. When you follow the tail \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:03:00] \u003C\u002Fb>of the jumping stag sign, as you can see here, you will find the gallbladder, which is here. Exhale again. When I’ve done that, I go into a long section through the body to evaluate the left liver lobe in a long section. Take a deep breath again and hold it. You can see the quite filled stomach, on the right side of the picture. You can see the entrance into the stomach \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:03:30] \u003C\u002Fb>and you see the diaphragm has a small echogenic line between the heart and the liver. Exhale again. Take a deep breath again. When I push the probe more to the right side, I come more to the liver center and you see two different structures. You see the echogenic circling around the portal vein, which is the tissue around the portal vein branch. And you see \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c951ea00-7fff-0d78-6ada-7cc54251e375\">[00:04:00] \u003C\u002Fb>the structure that has no echogenic structure around it, which is a liver vein. So, this is the difference between the portal vein and the liver vein, is that there is no connective tissue around the vein. Exhale again. Take a deep breath again. 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