Detachable fiber optic tips for use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hutchens, Thomas C ^a   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

Detachable fiber; Lithotripsy; Roughness; Tapered; Thulium; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; GLASS FIBER; THULIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; METHODOLOGY; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; OPTICAL FIBERS; THULIUM; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84886039540     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.3.038001     Document Type: Article

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