The patient will be asked by the technologist to hold their breath at certain points during the scan. One of the most obvious things that patients note is a loud banging noise from the scanner. The patient will be offered earplugs in order to minimize the effects of this noise or be allowed to listen to music by headphones. At all times the patients will be in direct radio communication with the technologist who will be in the adjacent room. This contrast will be administered slowly via an IV placed in the patients hand or arm and is itself associated with an extremely low incidence of adverse reaction.
Most patients leave the department and resume normal activities.
Patients who receive sedation will be monitored in the adjacent observation area until they are deemed fit to leave the department. Complications Assuming appropriate measures have been taken prior to the patients entering the MR scan suite there are no complications. The intravenous contrast agent used is different from that used during the CT examination and is has an extremely low incidence of adverse reaction. As far as the patient is concerned this is a straightforward MR scan but it is performed in such a way that the gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreatic duct are well visualized without the need of any intravenous contrast or endoscopic evaluation. Please take the time to read our disclaimer .