Ultrasound monitoring of kidney stone extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy with an external transducer: Does fatty tissue cause image distortions that affect stone comminution?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Bohris, Christian ^a   Bayer, Thomas ^b   Gumpinger, Rudolf ^b  

^a Dornier MedTech GmbH   (Germany)

^b Kempten Oberallgäu Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO SELECTION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 75149182361     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0158     Document Type: Article

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