Normal Pleural Line
The pleural line is hyperechoic (red arrow). During respirations, rib sliding will cause the pleural line to shimmer and create an appearance of walking “ants on a log” when visualized in a real-time video (green arrows). A-lines (yellow arrow) appear because of artifactual reflection of the ultrasound waves.
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