Bubbles trapped at the coupling surface of the treatment head significantly reduce acoustic energy delivered in shock wave lithotripsy

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 829, Issue , 2006, Pages 643-647

  Pishchalnikov, Yuri A ^a   McAteer, James A ^a   Pishchalnikova, Irina V ^a   Beard, Spencer ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a   Bailey, Michael R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling gel; Shielding by trapped bubbles; Shock wave lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845464256     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2205553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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