Enhanced Kidney Stone Fragmentation by Short Delay Tandem Conventional and Modified Lithotriptor Shock Waves: A Numerical Analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 314-319

  Tham, Leung Mun ^a   Lee, Heow Pueh ^a,b   Lu, Chun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

high energy shock waves; kidney; kidney calculi; lithotripsy; models; theoretical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LITHOTRIPSY; MODIFIED LITHOTRIPTOR SHOCK WAVES; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34250209889     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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