Investigation of acoustic radiation force to clean stone fragments

• Main Author: Lee, Jerico Wei Da
• Other Authors: Zhou Yu Feng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics; DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

After Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL) breaks a kidney stone up into fragments small enough to be passively passed through the urine stream, some fragments may be stuck in the lower ends of the kidney. A possible non-invasive method for removing such fragments may be to utilise a medical...