Quantitative evaluation of stone fragments in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy using a time reversal operator

• Main Authors: Wang, Jen-Chieh, Zhou, Yufeng
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Stone Fragments
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89298; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46163
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been used widely in the noninvasive treatment of kidney calculi. The fine fragments less than 2 mm in size can be discharged by urination, which determines the success of ESWL. Although ultrasonic and fluorescent imaging are used to localize the calcu...