FDTD Simulation of Nonlinear Ultrasonic Pulse Propagation in ESWL.

Authors :: Jian X
Morita N
Shi Q
Nakamura O
Liu D
Source :: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference [Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc] 2005; Vol. 2005, pp. 1806-9.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: The extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has come into wide use due to its non-invasive advantage. However, as for the shock wave propagation in human body in relation to practical lithotripsy, there are a few studies on numerical simulation based on models conforming to practical situations. In this paper we report a numerical method of finite difference time domain (FDTD) for analyzing ultrasonic pulse nonlinear propagation in human body tissues and demonstrated it through an experiment of Reichenberger's ESWL in water.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1557-170X
Volume :: 2005
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 17282568
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616799