In adults, a ≥10 mm difference in the lengths of the right and left kidneys on ultrasound is considered predictive of renal pathology ... had a left kidney that was longer than the right ...

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 ...

Sev eral members from the UAB Department of Pathology participated in the annual Birmingham Kidney Walk and Celebration on April 5 at Samford University’s Track and Field Complex. The Birmingham ...

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.

a new device—in the prototype phase—to break up kidney stones. Lithovortex is a low-cost, portable device capable of ...