Control of Acoustic Cavitation with Application to Lithotripsy*
Wednesday, December 18, 1996 3:00 p.m. Mike Bailey Department of Mechanical Engineering Control of acoustic cavitation, which is sound-induced growth and collapse of bubbles, is the subject of this dissertation. Application is to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), used to treat kidney stones. Cavitation is thought to help comminute stones yet may damage tissue. Can…