An overview of ultrasound testing for lesion detection in human kidney

Abstract

Ultrasound waves are commonly used to produce images of the human internal organs such as kidney. Most kidney cancers are found unexpectedly when patient have an ultrasound or scan for symptoms that turn out to be unrelated. Usually, the first test a medical doctor will do is an ultrasound scan, which is a real-time, moving test used to detect and differentiate between tumours, stones and cysts on the kidney. This paper presents the overview of ultrasound imaging for renal screening to detect renal lesions such as tumor, stone and cyst.