Grant: Project Grant

Much like the scar that forms after an accidental cut to our skin, scarring (also known as fibrosis) also occurs inside kidneys. When that happens, kidney function worsens over time, and many patients require a new kidney. To make matters worse, it is currently impossible to see this damage forming, thus preventing doctors from attempting to fix the scarring before it is too late. We have built an imaging software program called H-scan that uses ultrasound to visualize the scarring inside kidneys through a quick, painless, and inexpensive scan. The proposed studies will enable us to making H-scan available to all doctors so they can measure kidney scarring to better care for their patients.