Holmium:YAG (λ=2120 nm) vs. Thulium fiber laser (λ=1908 nm) ablation of kidney stones: Thresholds, rates, and retropulsion

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7883, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Blackmon, Richard L ^a   Irby, Pierce B ^b   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,c  

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

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

fiber laser; holmium; lithotripsy; retropulsion; thulium; urinary stones

Indexed keywords

ABLATION RATES; ABLATION THRESHOLDS; CALCIUM OXALATE MONOHYDRATE; CONTACT MODES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; HIGH PULSE RATE; HO:YAG LASERS; KIDNEY STONE; LASER ENERGIES; LITHOTRIPSY; LOW PULSE ENERGY; OPERATION MODE; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE RATE; RETROPULSION; URINARY STONES; YAG;

ABLATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; THULIUM;

HOLMIUM;

EID: 79953749336     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.873942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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