Super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging, known as ultrasound localization microscopy, was a safe, reliable, and reproducible noninvasive imaging method that quantified intrarenal ...

Ultrasound vs CT Scan for Kidney Stones: Which Test Is Better? For kidney stones, doctors usually perform a non-contrast CT scan, meaning no dye or special liquid is needed. Kidney stones appear very ...

A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has investigated kidney diseases using ultrafast ultrasound that captures 1,000 images in just one second. The research team ...

Sometimes all it takes is a little push. That is the conclusion of a recently published study in which doctors used a handheld ultrasound device to nudge patients' kidney-stone fragments. As many as ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is superior to contrast magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT), and offers 100% sensitivity and specificity, for finding ...

The Break Wave system for extracorporeal lithotripsy via ultrasound showed early efficacy with minimal anesthesia in a pilot trial. In a separate trial, ultrasonic propulsion repositioned and ...

For some, the COVID-19 pandemic might feel far removed from their current day-to-day lives. But others still grapple with long-term health ramifications. After battling COVID-19, Jimmy Strohmaier was ...

Aria Moreno was excited when she walked into class on Hofstra University’s campus in Long Island. It was late August, her fourth week of medical school, and Moreno had volunteered to undergo an ...