Lab 09-16-10

Gallbladder Long Decubitus

     This is an image of the gallbladder taken while the patient was in decubitus position, meaning they were lying on their side.  I found that I had some trouble originally locating the gallbladder.  Once I located it though, I found it every time I set the probe down.  It showed up very clear.  You can tell that my patient had not eating a fatty meal prior to her scan because the gallbladder is not contracted.  I do feel that it was a bit easier to obtain this picture with the patient lying on their side. It does help sometimes to move some of the gas out of the way that could possibly obstruct my image.