Gastric emptying study

A gastric emptying study is a nuclear medicine test that measures the time it takes the stomach to empty. It is often referred to as a gastroesophageal reflux study.

How Children's Hospital Boston approaches gastric emptying studies

The Division of Nuclear Medicine at Children's is committed to providing a safe, comfortable, and child-friendly atmosphere with:

• specialized nuclear medicine physicians with expertise in interpreting gastric emptying studies in children of all ages
• certified nuclear medicine technologists with years of experience imaging children and teens
• Child Life specialists to help families prior to and during exams
• equipment adapted for pediatric use, which means age-appropriate care for children
• protocols that keep radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievablewhile assuring high image quality.