How to Prepare
Upper Abdomen
Nothing to eat or drink for 6 hours before your appointment, except black tea/coffee or water.
Please continue to take all prescribed medication as normal. If you are diabetic, please check with your doctor.
Renal or Kidney
We required you to come with a full bladder. Please empty your bladder one hour prior then drink 5 glasses (1 litre) of water. If your bladder is not full ten minutes before the scan please drink more water. If you are uncomfortably full you may let some out. Please continue to take all prescribed medication as normal. If you are diabetic, please check with your doctor.
Abdomen & Pelvis
Nothing to eat or drink for 6 hours before your appointment, except black tea/coffee or water. We required you to come with a full bladder. Please empty your bladder one hour prior then drink 5 glasses (1 litre) of water. If your bladder is not full ten minutes before the scan please drink more water. If you are uncomfortably full you may let some out. Please continue to take all prescribed medication as normal. If you are diabetic, please check with your doctor.
Paediatric Ultrasound
- No preparation for babies under 12 months.
- Preparation for abdominal scans is 4 hours of no food or milk before the study. For those less than 3 years of age, 3 hours fasting is adequate.
- Preparation for renal scans is lots of fluids given by mouth. If toilet trained, the child should have a full bladder.
- You will need to look after and support your child that is being scanned.
MSK & Nerves
No special preparation required
Vascular Ultrasound
No special preparation required
Obstetric Ultrasound
For dating scan less than 10 weeks, we require you to come with a full bladder. Please empty your bladder one hour prior then drink 3 glasses (750ml ) of water. If your bladder is not full ten minutes before the scan please drink more water. If you are uncomfortably full you may let some out.
For all other obstetric scans, no special preparation required.
What to Bring
Please remember to bring your completed referral form with you.
Growth chart (if you have one for pregnancy scans).
All previous images and reports if you have them (i.e. X-ray, Ultrasound, CT or MRI).
You are welcome to bring a support person with you to the scan but please limit the number to 2 additional people. Please note any children you wish to attend the scan must be supervised by another adult.
After Your Scan
For the vast majority of ultrasound scan you can get on with your normal day right after the appointment.
Our radiologists will interpret the results and send a report back to your referrer.
You can access exam images through a link we send to your email, it is charged at $10 per study.
You can request a copy of your imaging report by completing a Request Form.