The acoustics of shock wave lithotripsy

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 900, Issue , 2007, Pages 311-316

  Cleveland, Robin O ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Kidney stones; Lithotripsy; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248203207     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2723590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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