In adults, a ≥10 mm difference in the lengths of the right and left kidneys on ultrasound is considered predictive of renal pathology. Khazaei et al. sought to determine a cutoff point at which ...

Patients experience debilitating pain when kidney stones become stuck in the urinary tract. A relatively new ultrasound probe procedure has the highest success rate for breaking down kidney stones ...

An ultrasound is a diagnostic imaging tool that healthcare providers use to view the internal structures of the body.

In the first two of these applications, the vibrations caused by the ultrasound shake apart the dirt or kidney stones, breaking them up. The principle is the same as the opera singer's trick ...

But parents should know there’s far more to the 20-week ultrasound than the helping ... the images of their baby’s heart, brain and kidneys and it’s a good idea to ask your OB-GYN provider ...

In both of these applications, the vibrations caused by the ultrasound shake apart the dirt or kidney stones, breaking them up. The principle is the same as the opera singer's trick, where a glass ...