Why are you stuck on this point? Facts are facts, and I don't know who you saw for your US and what went on. Your ultrasound indicated you have a big stone, but you are down on ultrasound, why is that? Its just a tool, its cheap, effective, non evasive, painless. Millions of pregnant women use ultrasound every year to check the prenatal health of their babies. Are you suggesting that they shouldn't use this tool? All the 500,000 gallbladder cases in the USA every year are detected with an effective ultrasound. Its just too bad they end up in surgery and not here at this great site.