"High-Energy Shock Waves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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High-amplitude compression waves, across which density, pressure, and particle velocity change drastically. The mechanical force from these shock waves can be used for mechanically disrupting tissues and deposits.
| Descriptor ID |
D019220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.750.770.776.891.500
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| Concept/Terms |
High-Energy Shock Waves- High-Energy Shock Waves
- HESW
- High Energy Shock Waves
- Shock Waves, High-Energy
- High-Energy Shock Wave
- Shock Wave, High-Energy
- Shock Waves, High Energy
- Wave, High-Energy Shock
- Waves, High-Energy Shock
Shock Waves, Ultrasonic- Shock Waves, Ultrasonic
- Shock Wave, Ultrasonic
- Ultrasonic Shock Wave
- Ultrasonic Shock Waves
- Wave, Ultrasonic Shock
- Waves, Ultrasonic Shock
- Shockwaves, Ultrasonic
- Shockwave, Ultrasonic
- Ultrasonic Shockwave
- Ultrasonic Shockwaves
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