Abdomen (Aorta AAA, RUQ, gallbladder, liver, pancreas or spleen)
Do NOT have anything to eat or drink after midnight the evening before your examination. If you must take medication that cannot be delayed until the examination is over (usually about mid-morning), take it with a tiny sip of water. If you are a diabetic and cannot fast, please let us know in advance of your examination.
Anal – Sphincter
Purchase a Fleet enema from your local pharmacy. The enema must be completed three hours prior to your study.
Appendix
No preparation required.
Bladder (Pre/Post Voiding)
Empty your bladder 1 ½ hours prior to the procedure. Over the next 30 minutes, you must drink 32 ounces of water. We recommend you have something to eat. Maintain a full bladder
Breast
No preparation required.
Celiac Artery
- Do NOT have anything to eat or drink after midnight the evening before your examination. If you must take medication that cannot be delayed until the examination is over (usually about mid-morning), take it with a tiny sip of water. If you are a diabetic and cannot fast, please let us know in advance of your examination.
- This test involves drinking a dairy product; if you have a history of dairy intolerance, please bring your own tolerable dairy product (six ounces) to the appointment. For Infants – skip the last feeding and bring an empty bottle or sippy cup to the appointment.
Extremity
No preparation required.
Fetal (up to 35 weeks)
Empty your bladder 1 ½ hours prior to the procedure. Over the next 30 minutes, you must drink 32 ounces of water. We recommend you have something to eat. Maintain a full bladder.
Fetal (36 weeks or more)
No preparation is required.
Hips (for infant)
Please arrive ½ hour prior to procedure so baby can be fed. Please bring a bottle or mother may breastfeed baby in a private dressing room.
Mesentery Artery
- Do NOT have anything to eat or drink after midnight the evening before your examination. If you must take medication that cannot be delayed until the examination is over (usually about mid-morning), take it with a tiny sip of water. If you are a diabetic and cannot fast, please let us know in advance of your examination.
- This test involves drinking a dairy product; if you have a history of dairy intolerance, please bring your own tolerable dairy product (six ounces) to the appointment.
- For Infants – skip the last feeding and bring an empty bottle or sippy cup to the appointment.
Pelvis (Pelvic, RLQ / LLQ)
Empty your bladder 1 ½ hours prior to the procedure. Over the next 30 minutes, drink 32 ounces of water. We recommend you have something to eat. Maintain a full bladder.
Prostate (for size and volume only)
Empty your bladder 1 ½ hours prior to the procedure. Over the next 30 minutes, drink 32 ounces of water. We recommend you have something to eat. Maintain a full bladder.
Pyloric Stenosis
Please skip baby’s last feeding. Bring a baby bottle of fluid, preferably water, although breastfeeding moms may bring a bottle of breast milk.
Renal (kidney)
No preparation required.
Renal if ordered with bladder
Empty your bladder 1 ½ hours prior to the procedure. Over the next 30 minutes, drink 32 ounces of water. We recommend you have something to eat. Maintain a full bladder.
Scrotum (Testicular)
No preparation required.
Thyroid/Parathyroid
No preparation required.
Transvaginal (TV) only
No preparation required