Enhanced thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using micro-pulse train modulation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, 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

Ablation; Burst mode; Lithotripsy; Pulse trains; Thulium fiber laser; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; THULIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84864502502     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.2.028002     Document Type: Article

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