Fracture mechanics model of stone comminution in ESWL and implications for tissue damage

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1923-1940

  Lokhandwalla, Murtuza ^a   Sturtevant, Bradford ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SHOCK WAVE; STONE FORMATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE INJURY; VELOCITY;

CALCIUM OXALATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0033930607     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/7/316     Document Type: Article

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