During the last decade of his life, Adams was still writing full-force, including a memoir titled Grandfather Stories (1955). General Brock and Niagara Falls (1957) was followed by Chingo Smith of the Erie Canal (1958). Samuel Hopkins Adams died on 16 November 1958 at his Beaufort, South Carolina home.
Ultrasound uses sound waves that bounce off the pancreas, gallbladder, liver, and other organs, and their echoes generate electrical impulses that create an imageâcalled a sonogramâon a video monitor. If gallstones are causing inflammation, the sound waves will also bounce off of them, showing their location.
If a patient presents with symptoms that could be due to gallbladder disease, the doctor will order various tests such as: 1  Blood tests for liver function. 2  Imaging tests of the upper abdomen to visualise the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreas such as an ultrasound scan, CT scan, MRI scan or a HIDA scan.