Kidney stones, those painful crystalline formations in your urinary system, might soon be defeated by an innovative medical technique combining two ultrasound technologies. This approach ...

After hours of persistent throbbing, she went to the emergency room, where doctors initially thought she had mild ...

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 ...

Stents may also relieve acute pain from a stone, enable any infection to drain, and allow antibiotic treatment before surgery. Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is a procedure that uses ultrasound energy ...

Ultrasound waves have multiple uses including: detecting medical conditions, treating kidney stones and cleaning delicate objects. We detect sounds because inside our ears we have parts that work ...