Shock wave lithotripters with broad focus result in greater stress in human kidney stones: Numerical simulation

2008 Proceedings of the 3rd Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-18

  Luo, Haibiao ^a   Cleveland, Robin O ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349189910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/biomed2008-38093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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