Air Pockets Trapped During Routine Coupling in Dry Head Lithotripsy Can Significantly Decrease the Delivery of Shock Wave Energy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2706-2710

  Pishchalnikov, Yuri A ^a   Neucks, Joshua S ^a   VonDerHaar, R Jason ^a   Pishchalnikova, Irina V ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a   McAteer, James A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

equipment and supplies; lithotripsy; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY; LITHOTRIPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOCK WAVE; SIMULATION;

AIR; BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; PRESSURE;

EID: 33750531840     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.149     Document Type: Article

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