The role of stress waves and cavitation in stone comminution in shock wave lithotripsy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 661-671

  Zhu, Songlin ^a   Cocks, Franklin H ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^b   Zhong, Pei ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Mechanisms of stone comminution; Shock wave lithotripsy; Stress waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CAVITATION; SHOCK WAVES; VEGETABLE OILS;

LITHOTRIPSY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CASTOR OIL; WATER; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; SIMULATION; STONE DISSOLUTION; WATER IMMERSION;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CASTOR OIL; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY PELVIS; LITHOTRIPSY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS; WATER;

EID: 0036086051     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00506-9     Document Type: Article

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