MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound monitor, in the form of a patch, that can image organs within the body without the need for an ultrasound operator or application of gel. CAMBRIDGE, ...

Measurement of residual urine volume using conventional two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography is limited by poor image quality and variations in bladder configuration. Accuracy is improved by applying ...

In patients who don't resume normal urination after surgery, a simple ultrasound test can accurately diagnose the common problem of postoperative urinary retention (POUR), reports a new study. In ...

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared an ultrasound bladder scanner made by Norwegian firm Vitacon AS to diagnose bladder dysfunction and the firm has signed a marketing agreement that will ...

Oct. 9, 2003 -- A hand-held three-dimensional bladder scanner (3D-BS) was more accurate in determining bladder volume than was conventional ultrasound, according to the results of a study published in ...