For your FibroScan, you will be asked to lie on your back on an examination couch. You will not be required to remove any clothing, but we will need to expose the right side of your abdomen. Therefore we don’t recommend wearing a dress on the day of the scan.
Whilst placing your right arm above your head, the radiologist will place the probe on your abdomen over the area where your liver is. The probe will emit soundwaves that will pass through your skin to your liver and bounce back.
This may feel like a gentle flick on your skin but should not hurt. This procedure is repeated at least 10 times to ensure accuracy and the average time it takes for the soundwaves to bounce back is used to determine the elasticity of your liver and the presence of any regions of scarring.
The scan takes approximately 10‒20 minutes.