Table 1 Kidney dimensions and resistive index of 12 domestic cats measured in different ultrasonographic angles:

From: Gross morphological and ultrasonographic dimensions of normal feline kidney with reference to resistive index

Renal dimensions

 

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

Dorsal plane

Length

R

4.23 ± 0.84

N/A

3.86 ± 0.93

L

3.90 ± 1.10

N/A

4.06 ± 0.95

Height

R

2.02 ± 0.62

2.07 ± 0.32

N/A

L

2.12 ± 0.67

2.34 ± 0.51

N/A

Width

R

N/A

2.52 ± 0.29

2.23 ± 0.41

L

N/A

2.73 ± 0.66

1.96 ± 0.49

Cortical thickness

R

0.53 ± 0.26

N/A

N/A

L

0.55 ± 0.23

N/A

N/A

Medullary thickness

R

0.33 ± 0.11

N/A

N/A

L

0.41 ± 0.18

N/A

N/A

RI

R

0.57 ± 0.08 (0.50–0.67)

N/A

N/A

L

0.60 ± 0.08 (0.51–0.69)

N/A

N/A

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