Cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy: The critical role of bubble activity in stone breakage and kidney trauma

A study of the physical mechanisms responsible for the stone comminution and tissue injury in the shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) was presented. The SWL is a common and effective clinical method to comminute the kidney stones. It was found that the treatment at slow SW (shock waves) rate increased the...

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Main Authors: Bailey, MR, Cleveland, R, Colonius, T, Crum, L, Evan, A, Lingeman, J, McAteer, J, Sapozhnikov, O, Williams, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2003

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