Fig. 4

Cranial-dorsal view of the integrated 3D images of artery, portal vein and bile duct (volume rendering). The right posterior portal vein branches independently from main portal vein. Supraportal course of the right posterior bile duct is seen. The broken lines show transection of the third order segmental bile ducts for segments VI and VII, and for segment II and III. RAD the right anterior bile duct, RPD the right posterior bile duct, LHD the left hepatic duct, B1, B2, B3, B4, B6 and B7 the third order bile ducts for the segments I, II, III, IV, VI and VII