• Fasting Requirements: You must fast (no solid food or colored beverages) for at least 4 to 6 hours before your appointment. Plain water is permitted and encouraged to keep you hydrated.
• Kidney Function Test (Serum Creatinine): Please provide a recent Serum Creatinine blood test report (within the last 15 days). The kidneys process the contrast dye, and we must confirm they are functioning well enough to clear the dye safely.
• Allergy Disclosure: Inform the Scan4Health team if you have a known allergy to iodine or have reacted to contrast media in the past.
• Mandatory Attendant: For contrast-enhanced abdominal scans, one adult attendant must accompany you to the center.
• Remove Metal: You will be asked to remove jewelry, belts, or clothing with metal zippers/buttons from the abdominal area to prevent interference with the image.
• Medication Review: If you are taking Metformin for diabetes, inform our clinical staff. You may need to pause this medication for 48 hours after the scan.
• Post-Scan Hydration: Plan to drink 8–10 glasses of water for 24 hours after the test to help your kidneys flush out the contrast agent.

This specialized scan at Scan4Health Gurgaon is a vital tool for complex hepatobiliary (liver and bile) care:

Key clinical uses include:

• Pre-Surgical Planning (Hepatectomy): Surgeons use volumetry to calculate the Future Liver Remnant (FLR). If the remaining liver volume is too small (typically less than 25–30%), the risk of post-operative liver failure increases.
• Liver Transplant Evaluation: For living donor transplants, this scan ensures the donor’s remaining liver is large enough for the donor’s health, while the graft (the portion being donated) is large enough for the recipient.
• Tumor Assessment: Contrast helps identify and stage cancers of the liver (HCC), pancreas, or gallbladder by showing their vascular supply and relationship to major blood vessels.
• Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Disease: Volumetry can track liver shrinkage (atrophy) or enlargement of specific lobes (compensatory hypertrophy) in patients with chronic disease.
• Vascular Mapping: The scan provides a 3D view of the hepatic and portal veins, which is essential for safely navigating around major vessels during surgery.