October 21 Lab Week 8

In this lab we were required to interrogate and image the great vessels, liver and pancreas in an hour.  This was a bit rough.  It was hard to remember all the images that were needed, as well as all the different interrogations.  The liver has so many sweeps, it is hard for me to remember which one and pay attention to every aspect. 

I am including a picture of the gallbladder in transverse in both the supine and left lateral decubitus position.  Luckily with the other people in my class so far scanning the gallbladder has been pretty easy.  Probably my favorite organ to scan so far.  Mainly for how simple the interrogations and scans are.  I am sure that after more practice the rest will come more easily and I will definitely feel more comfortable with all the other abdominal scans. 

I think the picure that I took with the patient in the left lateral decubitis picture looks a bit clearer.  You get a nice round anechoic image of the fundus of the gallbladder.  The decubitus position does sometimes make it easier to clearly view the organ you are looking for because some of the gas may shift making everything more easily visualized.  With this patient however, both positions produced a nice image of the gall bladder.  Also lucky for her there does not appear to be any pathology affecting her gallbladder.  No wall thickening, no stones or polyps are present.