Improved acoustic coupling for shock wave lithotripsy

Urological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Neucks, Joshua S ^a   Pishchalnikov, Yuri A ^a   Zancanaro, Anthony J ^a   VonDerHaar, Jonathan N ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a   McAteer, James A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic coupling; Kidney stones; Lithotripsy; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GEL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; CALCIUM SULFATE; GELS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 39049154734     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-007-0128-y     Document Type: Article

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