High-efficiency shock-wave generator for extracorporeal lithotripsy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 321-328

  Broyer, P ^a,b,c,d,e   Cathignol, D ^a   Theillere Y ^a   Mestas, J L ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b University of Luminy ^*

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e EDAP Technomed Group   (France)

Author keywords

Current rise time; Discharge line; Electro acoustic efficiency; Electrolyte; Extracorporeal lithotripsy; Shock wave generator; Spark gap; Underwater discharge

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL DISCHARGE LINES; CURRENT RISE TIMES; ELECTROACOUSTIC EFFICIENCY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; SHOCK WAVE GENERATORS;

ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; SHOCK WAVES;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GENERATOR; IMPEDANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SHOCK WAVE;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY;

EID: 0030250209     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02519998     Document Type: Article

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