The problem of coupling in dry-head lithotripsy

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 900, Issue , 2007, Pages 368-371

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pockets; Bubbles; Castor oil; Coupling; Coupling gel; Shock wave lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248222705     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2723598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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