Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Lithotripsy
Wave-propagation algorithms for elastic waves in heterogeneous media are
being applied to problems in shock wave therapy and lithotripsy.
Some links to our work:
- Kirsten Fagnan's thesis: High-resolution
Volume Methods for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, University of
High-resolution finite volume methods for extracorporeal
shock wave therapy,
by K. Fagnan and R. J. LeVeque and T. J. Matula and B. MacConaghy.
To appear in Proceedings of the
Eleventh Int'l Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Lyon, 2006.
- Randy LeVeque's slides from
Workshop on Multiscale Modeling, Analysis,
and Simulations, Michigan State University, March, 2008
- Kirsten Fagnan's slides from her General
Exam, October, 2005.
Kirsten's webpage on ESWT
test of an acoustic pulse in water being focused by a brass reflector
- ESWT pulse propagating into an ankle (2d test)
pulse hitting a cylindrical stone (axisymmetric calculation)
Some other sites about ESWT and ESWL:
Tom Matula, Applied Physics Laboratory
Mike Bailey, Applied Physics Laboratory
Michael Chang, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Randy Ching, Applied Biomechanics Laboratory
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