Detection of acoustic emission from cavitation in tissue during clinical extracorporeal lithotripsy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1079-1087

  Coleman, A J ^a   Choi, M J ^a   Saunders, J E ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Lithotripsy; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CAVITATION; HYDROPHONES; SHOCK WAVES; TISSUE;

AMPLITUDE TIME VARIATION; CLINICAL EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY; INERTIAL CAVITATION; SHOCK WAVE AMPLITUDE; SHOCK WAVE PULSE; STORZ MODULITH LITHOTRIPTER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SHOCK WAVE; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0030458950     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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