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If possible, food should be withheld from animals for approximately 12 hours prior to the examination but access to water can be allowed. An empty stomach improves the imaging of the cranial abdomen, in particular the liver, the porta hepatis, the stomach itself, and the pancreas. It can sometimes be useful to allow the animal a drink of water before undertaking ultrasound examination of the cranial abdomen. The water can highlight the stomach wall, intraluminal foreign material or mural masses of the stomach. This chapter explains the preparation of the patient and scanning site, selection of the acoustic window and principles of image interpretation.
Principles of the ultrasound examination, Page 1 of 1
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