SonoMotion, a medical device company developing noninvasive solutions for kidney stones, announced today it has been awarded ...

The simulator is used to teach the ultrasound detection of kidney stones. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

a new device—in the prototype phase—to break up kidney stones. Lithovortex is a low-cost, portable device capable of destroying stones non-invasively, thanks to the application of ultrasound ...

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 ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

Ultrasound is used in medicine to break up kidney stones and gall stones. It is also used, in a process known as medical scanning or imaging, to create images of an unborn baby in a womb.

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 ...

Through an ultrasound scan, doctors at the emergency department discovered that her right kidney was swollen with fluid and had kidney stones in it, the article said. A CT scan revealed that the ...