CT attenuation value and shockwave fragmentation

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Favela, Rodolfo ^a   Gutierrez, Jorge ^a   Bustos, Julio ^a   Castaño Tostado, Eduardo ^b   Loske, Achim M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER IMMERSION; WEIGHT;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944386623     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.5     Document Type: Article

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