This paper presents a comprehensive review of hydrophones, their design considerations,
physical aspects, and structures by reviewing many publications that have been published …

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the only non-invasive treatment for kidney
stones. It does not require an operating room, anesthesia, or hospital stay. Its role evolved …

This book was written with the aim of widening the reader's spectrum of knowledge
regarding the uses of shock waves in medicine and biology, as well as to contribute to safer …

Ultra-high-speed video microscopy and numerical modeling were used to assess the
dynamics of microbubbles at the surface of urinary stones. Lipid-shell microbubbles …

Purpose: We report stone comminution in the first 19 human subjects by burst wave
lithotripsy (BWL), which is the transcutaneous application of focused, cyclic ultrasound …

A generalized Rayleigh–Plesset-type bubble dynamics model with a damage mechanism is
developed for cavitation and damage of soft materials by focused ultrasound bursts. This …

The dynamics of bubble clouds induced by high-intensity focused ultrasound is investigated
in a regime where the cloud size is similar to the ultrasound wavelength. High-speed images …

The use of ultrasound (US) technology in the management of nephrolithiasis can be traced
back to 1961, when Schlegel and colleagues 1 first published on amplitude (A)-mode …

Shock wave lithotripsy has generally been a first choice for kidney stone removal. The shock
wave lithotripter uses an order of microsecond pulse durations and up to a 100 MPa …

Introduction: Burst wave lithotripsy is an experimental technology to noninvasively fragment
kidney stones with focused bursts of ultrasound (US). This study evaluated the safety and …