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Hepatobiliary Scans
What is the signiﬁcance of visualizing the gallbladder and bowel activity within 1 hour on a hepatobiliary scan?

What is the signiﬁcance of visualizing the gallbladder and bowel activity within 1 hour on a hepatobiliary scan?

What is the signiﬁcance of visualizing the gallbladder and bowel activity within 1 hour on a hepatobiliary scan?

Acute cholecystitis could be excluded.

On a hepatobiliary scan, what are the causes of a delayed biliary-to-bowel transmit time?

What is the implication if the gallbladder is not seen within 1 hour of injecting a derivative of Tc-99m IDA, such as DISIDA or HIDA, but is seen within 30 minutes of morphine administration (or within 4 hours of injection on studies without morphine)?