Study of different concentric rings inside gallstones with LIBS

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-537

  Pathak, Ashok Kumar ^a,b   Singh, Vivek Kumar ^c   Rai, Nilesh Kumar ^b   Rai, Awadhesh Kumar ^b   Rai, Pradeep Kumar ^d   Rai, Pramod Kumar ^d   Rai, Suman ^e   Baruah, G D ^e  

^a EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Opal Hospital   (India)

^e DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; Gallstone; LIBS; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALCIUM; CARBON; COPPER; HYDROGEN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INDIA; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 80051578013     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0886-1     Document Type: Article

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