Suppressing bubble shielding effect in shock wave lithotripsy by low intensity pulsed ultrasound

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Wang, Jen-Chieh, Zhou, Yufeng
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechatronics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79554; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24172
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been used as an effective modality to fragment kidney calculi. Because of the bubble shielding effect in the pre-focal region, the acoustic energy delivered to the focus is reduced. Low pulse repetition frequency (PRF) will be applied to dissolve thes...