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The partially deflated lung is seen to move underneath a rib into the pneumothorax space in respirophasic pattern. Identification of a lung point is diagnostic for a pneumothorax. The image is obtained using a 7.5 MHz transducer. The transducer is in longitudinal orientation and placed perpendicular to the chest wall to scan through the 5th intercostal space in the anterior axillary line.