High-intensity focused ultrasound for ex vivo kidney tissue ablation: Influence of generator power and pulse duration

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 917-924

  Häcker, Axel ^a   Köhrmann, Kai Uwe ^b   Knoll, Thomas ^a   Langbein, Sigrun ^a   Steidler, Annette ^a   Kraut, Oliver ^c   Marlinghaus, Ernst ^c   Alken, Peter ^a   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Storz Medical AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SOUND PRESSURE; SWINE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 10344222702     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2004.18.917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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