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With each inspiration, aerated lung is interposed into the imaging window with loss of visualization of the underlying structures. This is termed the curtain sign. The 3.5 MHz transducer is in longitudinal orientation and placed perpendicular to the chest wall to scan through the 8th intercostal space in the left mid-axillary line.