Erbium: YAG laser lithotripsy by use of a flexible hollow waveguide with an end–scaling cap

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2431-2435

  Iwai, Katsumasa ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^a   Nito, Koh ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Kasai, Takao ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a   Saito, Seichi ^b   Arai, Youichi ^b   Ioritani, Naomasa ^c   Okagami, Yoshihide ^d   Nemec, Michal ^e   Sulc, Jan ^e   Jelinkova, Helena ^e   Zavoral, Miroslav ^f,g   Kohler, Oto ^f,g   Drlik, Pavel ^f,g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Sendai Syakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^d J Morita Mfg Corp   (Japan)

^e CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^f CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^g Urology Clinic   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

LITHOTRIPSY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LITHOTRIPSY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS; LITHOTRIPSY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0037712939     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002431     Document Type: Article

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