Shock Focussing Effect in Medical Science and Sonoluminescence
By: edited by Ramesh C. Srivastava, Dieter Leutloff, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Hans Grönig
Contributors: Leutloff, Dieter; Takayama, Kazuyoshi; Grönig, Hans
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9783642076367; 9783662051610
Subjects: Mechanics; Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging; Biomedical engineering; Urology; Acoustics; Physics
Description: This collection brings together the fundamental research in shock focussing and sonoluminescence. The authors report on their studies on shock focussing and related bubble dynamics, as well as their applications in medical science. The destructive action of cavitation bubbles collapsing near boundaries is treated with special reference to kidney stones, demonstrating the capacity of bubbles for causing damage to materials. It is also shown that the shock theory of sonoluminescence plays an important part, as do converging shock and thermal waves emanating from sonoluminescing gas bubbles and upscaling single-bubble sonoluminescence. The book also addresses the current status of shock measurement technique and correlated clinical findings. The interdisciplinary approach of this book makes it relevant for medical doctors, technical researchers of lithotripsy and gas dynamicists.
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Table of contents: title: From the Contents: The Shock Wave Theory of Sonoluminescence; title: Upscaling Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence; title: Shock and Thermal Waves Emanating from a Sonoluminescing Gas Bubble; title: Destructive Action of Cavitation Bubbles Collapsing Near Boundaries; title: A Study of a Shock Wave in a Sonoluminescing Gas Bubble; title: Focussing of Shock Waves and Their Application to Medicine; title: Mechanics of Stone Fragmentation in Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy; title: Pressure Pulses in Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Pain Therapy (ESWA, ESWT); title: Extracorporeal Shock Waves: Bioeffects and Mechanisms of Action.