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Abdominal Anatomy Overview
Jennifer GreenGeneral Imaging Training Manager
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• Scanning positions• Sonographic anatomy• System setup
ABDOMEN
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Ultrasound Scan Planes
•Sagittal•Transverse•Coronal
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Ultrasound Terminology• Anterior• Medial• Superior• Supine• Oblique
• Posterior• Lateral• Inferior• Prone• Decubitus
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Ultrasound Terminology
• Hyper echoic• Echogenic• Homogeneous
• Hypo echoic• Echo poor• Inhomogeneou
s
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Anatomy
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Anatomy• Liver• Gall Bladder
(GB)• Common Bile
Duct (CBD)• Pancreas
• Kidneys• Bladder• Prostate• Uterus• Ovaries
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GREAT VESSELS
• Aorta• Celiac Axis• SVC• Renal Arteries• Hepatic Artery
• IVC• Renal veins• Portal vein• Hepatic Veins
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LIVER
• Found in right upper quadrant (RUQ)
• Largest internal organ• Stores and filters blood• Produces bile• Synthesizes many substances• Performs vast number of metabolic
functions
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LIVER
• During deep inspiration!!!, • Patient position – supine - left oblique - left lateral decubitus
(LLD)• Sonographic windows:
– Mid line, inferior to xiphoid process • Left lobe Sagittal and Transverse
– Inferior & superior to right costal margin • Right lobe Sagittal and Transverse
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GALL BLADDER(GB)
• Found in RUQ• Contractile sack• Contains and concentrates bile• Best seen in LLD or upright
position• Inspiration• Normal wall thickness 3mm
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COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD)• Conducts bile from the G.B. to the
duodenum• Found in RUQ, inferior to the G.B.• CBD runs anterior to the portal
vein; distal part is lateral to the common hepatic artery
• Best seen in LLD
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PANCREAS
• Found in upper mid abdomen; extends from the hilum of the spleen to the duodenum.
• Posterior to the stomach,anterior to the big vessels.
• Gland, produces hormones and digestive enzymes.
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PANCREAS
• Best seen in supine position in inspiration or pushed up abdomen.
• Sonographic appearance:– smooth borders; homogeneous, mid
gray echoes– echogenicity with age.
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KIDNEYS• Paired organ; 9 –13cms long• Principal parts: cortex, medulla,
sinus... • Filters metabolic wastes from the
blood.• Normal variants:
– Dromedary humps– Double collecting system– Horseshoe– Ectopic kidney
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BLADDER• It is a symmetrical, hollow, muscular
organ.• Located posterior to the symphysis
pubis.• Shape varies with distention.• Normal thickness of the distended
wall is < 1cm.• Provides window for Ob/Gyn,
prostate.
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BLADDER
• Function: – Urine delivered through ureters,
is stored in the bladder, and released through urethra.
• Sonographic appearance:– Wall is a smooth echogenic line– cavity is not seen if collapsed,
otherwise is non echoic.
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PROSTATE
• Lies inferior to the urinary bladder,and anterior to the rectum
• The size of the gland 3.5x4x2.5 cm• The base is the broadest and it is in
contact with bladder floor• The urethra and the ejaculatory ducts
pass through the prostate• Best seen endo rectally (ER), size can
be estimated trans abdominally (TA)
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UTERUS• Pear shaped pelvic organ lying in
midline.• Found in the small pelvis infero-
posterior to the bladder• Usual size: 7-8x3-5x3-5 cm.• Uterus is divided into: cervix,
corpus, fundus, cornua.• Has three layers : endometrium,
myometrium, serous.
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UTERUS• Endometrial cavity is continuous with
vagina via cervix.• Uterus can be retroverted/flexed or
anteverted/flexed.• Best seen endo vaginally (EV), need full
bladder for trans abdominal (TA)• Sonographic appearance:
– myometrium is midgray with even texture– endometrium is a thin echogenic line that
varies in intensity with menstrual phase and age.
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OVARIES• Paired pelvic organ, position very variable
alongside the uterus.• Search lateral/posterior to the uterus.• Best seen EV.• Normal post pubertal size approx: 4x3x2
cm• Sonographic appearance:
– homogenous midgray echogenicity– follicles are round, anechoic, on the periphery.
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Grey Scale
• U/S is a dynamic examination needing frequent optimization of the imaging parameters for consistent good quality of images. • Sound pathway changes constantly due to movement of both the patient and the scanner. • Important parameters: power (MI)
Gain TGC
Dynamic Range (dB) Gray Maps.
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Power and Gain
• Balance is needed to maintain safety (ALARA principle) and to obtain the good image quality through wider dynamic range.
• power, than gain
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Time Gain Compensation(TGC)• The purpose of TGC is to
compensate for attenuation along the propagation path.
• The desired effect is to equalize near to far field brightness.
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Dynamic Range(dB)
• Ratio of largest to smallest echo power.• High dynamic range image has low contrast
due to numerous available shades of gray, giving high tissue differentiation– good for easy patients, superficial structures
• Images of lower dynamic range show increased contrast. Reduced number of available shades of gray will poorly differentiate tissues– good for challenging patients.
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Gray Scale Maps
• Apply nonlinear assignment of the display brightness range among stored range of the system.
• Manipulation enables emphasis of certain image elements over each other.
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