A test for cavitation as a mechanism for intestinal hemorrhage in mice exposed to a piezoelectric lithotripter

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-496

  Dalecki, Diane ^a,b   Raeman, Carol H ^b   Child, Sally Z ^a,b   Carstensen, Edwin L ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeffect; Cavitation; Fetus; Intestine; Lithotripsy; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; FETAL MONITORING; GASES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

FETAL INTESTINE; INTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LITHOTRIPSY; PIEZOELECTRIC LITHOTRIPTER;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LITHOTRIPSY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029933882     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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