Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2002;26(2):124-123

The principle of extracorporeal shock wave lithotriptor and its locating system.

Jun YIN 1 ; Zhao-lin ZHONG

Affiliations

+expand

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

This article describes in detail the classification of extracorporeal shock wave lithotriptors, charging and discharging circuit of shock wave, wave source and the locating system of the lithotriptor, makes a comparison between three kinds of conventional shock wave sources, and analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of the different locating systems.