A conference consensus statement on ultrasound imaging of superficial soft-tissue masses aims to help radiologists and other clinicians differentiate between benign lumps and bumps, those that need ...

How do you precisely move something you can’t see with your own eyes, let alone touch? Physically manipulating individual cells remains a challenge. Optical tweezers offer one solution to this and use ...

Ultrasound works by sending sound waves through the body. Doctors can recommend ultrasound therapy to treat pain. It may work best alongside other treatments. Many people know ultrasound as an imaging ...

A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive test that produces images of a person’s liver and its blood vessels. A liver ultrasound can help diagnose various conditions that affect the liver, such as fatty ...

Although endometriosis sometimes shows up on an ultrasound, it doesn’t always. If a doctor thinks you have endometriosis, laparoscopic surgery is the only way to definitively diagnose it.

In recent years, a new treatment strategy known as focal therapy (partial gland ablation) has emerged for prostate cancer considered to be “intermediate risk” — mostly, small tumors confined to one ...