What should i expect during a hida scan?

HIDA scan: You'll change into a gown and will lay on the nuclear medicine scanner bed. A medication (radioactive tracer) is then injected into a vein in your arm (you may feel some pressure). The gamma camera passes back and forth over your belly and takes pictures for about an hour. Sometimes, more pictures may be needed. In most cases you can go about your day after your hida scan.

Gall bladder test: The patient is injected intravenously with tc99m hida (radiotracer).The patient lies on table with scaning camera over anterior abdomen. First part of study shows extracction of tracer from blood stream, visualization of gb and bowel.(30-40 min) patient receives slow injection of cck to stimulate gall bladder contraction. (60 min more imaging).Sometimes discomfort possibly related to gb disease.