Kidney Stones Renal Ultrasound. Mark taper foundation imaging center we have a specialized team of physicians nurses and technologists who are experts in ultrasound. Ultrasound is a procedure that uses sound waves to see inside your body.
A renal ultrasound makes images of your child s kidneys ureters and bladder. Kidney stones may be located within the renal parenchyma at the ureteropelvic junction between the ureter and the renal pelvis within the ureter or at the ureterovesical junction between the ureter and the bladder. Urolithiasis refers to the presence of calculi anywhere along the course of the urinary tracts for the purpose of the article the terms urolithiasis nephrolithiasis and renal kidney stones are used interchangeably although some authors have slightly varying definitions of each.
An algorithm evaluates the ultrasound images and assesses whether a renal calculus s is present absent or undetermined.
Renal ultrasound is also known as a kidney ultrasound. Calculus on ultrasound is defined as a hyperechoic focus with posterior shadowing or twinkle artifact. Ultrasound findings for kidney stones. A kidney ultrasound is a painless noninvasive procedure that uses high frequency sound to produce video and still images of your kidneys.