Cholescintigraphy with 99mTc-hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals has been an important,
clinically useful diagnostic imaging study for almost 4 decades. It continues to be in much …

Cholescystokin (CCK) has proved to be an important adjunct to cholescintigraphy, aiding in
the diagnosis of various hepatobiliary diseases. This article discusses some of the common …

Sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy is performed to quantify gallbladder contraction and
emptying. However, different infusion methods are used for this study. Our purpose was to …

Chronic acalculous gallbladder and chronic acalculous biliary disease are considered
functional hepatobiliary diseases. Cholescintigraphy provides physiologic imaging of biliary …

PURPOSE: To establish normal gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF) values for two sincalide
(cholecystokinin [CCK]) infusion dose rates, 0.01 μg per kilogram of body weight infused for …

Gallbladder dyskinesia is a functional (motility) disorder of the gallbladder resulting in
episodic abdominal pain that, in carefully selected cases, resolves with cholecystectomy. It is …

Objective: In the present study, the diagnostic efficacy of quantitative hepatobiliary
scintigraphy (QHBS) was compared with that of endoscopic sphincter of Oddi (SO) …

Nuclear medicine imaging techniques for the liver and biliary system have shifted from
anatomic imaging techniques to methods that rely on measurement of specific …

Background Persistent abdominal pain after cholecystectomy is not uncommon. Sphincter of
oddi dysfunction (SOD) is one of the causes for this entity. However, diagnosing SOD is …

Attempts have long been made to use the prostigmine-morphine provocation test for the
selection of postcholecystectomy patients suffering from sphincter of Oddi (SO) dyskinesia …