Accurate Kidney Stone Analysis 

In this “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., highlights Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ AI-augmented kidney stone test and discusses the proper procedures for collecting and processing kidney stones to provide accurate, cost-effective analysis of patients’ kidney stones in a timely manner.
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Kidney Stones
2:34 Clinical Importance of Kidney Stone Analysis
3:14 Kidney Stone Analysis (KIDST)
5:59 FTIR Analysis
6:35 Example of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate
6:55 Common types of Kidney Stones
7:17 Clinical Significance
8:23 Role of AI
10:04 Importance of a dry stone
10:27 What to do with a wet stone?
11:16 Summary