Several major diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular abnormalities, may be linked to
pathological deposition of minerals or organic compounds in various tissues. 1− 3 Thus, the …

Infection stones are complex aggregates of crystals amalgamated in an organic matrix that
are strictly associated with urinary tract infections. The management of patients who form …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy and sensitivity for dual-energy
computed tomography (DECT) discrimination of uric acid (UA) stones from other (non-UA) …

The most important recent advances in the management of ureteral calculi have been the
development of medical expulsive therapy to facilitate passage of ureteral stones, such that …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the ex vivo ability of dual-energy
dual-source CT (DSCT) with additional tin filtration to differentiate among five groups of …

Near-infrared activated nanomaterials have been reported for biomedical applications
ranging from photothermal tumor destruction to biofilm eradication and energy-gated drug …

PURPOSE: To compare and evaluate the mostly used methods of urinary stone analysis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched PubMed and Google Scholar for “urolithiasis …

Cystine stones are often highly resistant to shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), but it has been
reported that cystine stones of “rough” morphology are actually quite susceptible to SWL …

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 …

Calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) stones are often resistant to breakage using shock
wave (SW) lithotripsy. It would be useful to identify by computed tomography (CT) those …