Thulium fiber laser ablation of urinary Stones through small-core Optical fibers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-440

  Scott, Nicholas J ^a   Cilip, Christopher M ^a   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; fiber laser; Fragmentation; Holmium; Lithotripsy; Thulium; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROFILES; CORE DIAMETERS; DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER FAILURES; FIBER LASER ABLATIONS; FIBER TRANSMISSIONS; FRAGMENTATION; HO:YAG LASERS; IRRIGATION RATES; LASER BEAM PROFILES; LASER ENERGIES; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LASER POWER; LITHOTRIPSY; MULTIMODE BEAMS; POOR VISIBILITIES; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE RATES; SILICA FIBERS; URIC ACIDS; URINARY STONES;

BENDING TESTS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FIBER LASERS; HOLMIUM; IRRIGATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICA; THULIUM; VISIBILITY;

FIBERS;

EID: 64549129106     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2012133     Document Type: Article

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