Comparison of holmium: YAG and thulium fiber laser lithotripsy: Ablation thresholds, ablation rates, and retropulsion effects

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 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; LASER ENERGIES; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; LOW PULSE ENERGY; OPERATION MODE; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE RATE; RETROPULSION; URINARY STONES; YAG;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HOLMIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; THULIUM;

ABLATION;

CALCIUM OXALATE; GLASS FIBER; THULIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASER; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; THULIUM; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 79960153216     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3564884     Document Type: Article

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