A comparison of radionuclide hepatobiliary imaging and real-time ultrasound for the detection of acute cholecystitis.
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 147 (1) , 207-210
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.147.1.6828731
Abstract
The relative value of hepatobiliary scintigraphy vs. real-time ultrasound for the identification of [human] acute cholecystitis was evaluated. No significant difference in sensitivity (97 vs. 97%) existed between the 2 modalities. Scintigraphy demonstrated better specificity (93 vs. 64%) and predictive value (77 vs. 40%). Although real-time ultrasound provided improved sensitivity over static gray-scale imaging for identification of gallbladder disease, hepatobiliary scintigraphy remains the procedure of choice for acute cholecystitis detection.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: