Strike rate: analysis of stone to fiber contact during popcorn laser lithotripsy (Conference Presentation)

Timothy Hall; Ali Aldoukhi; Khurshid Ghani; William Roberts

doi:10.1117/12.2544279

6 March 2020 Strike rate: analysis of stone to fiber contact during popcorn laser lithotripsy (Conference Presentation)

Timothy Hall, Ali Aldoukhi, Khurshid Ghani, William Roberts

Proceedings Volume 11212, Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Urology 2020; 112120C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544279
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We devised a method to continuously measure the distance from fiber tip to stone surface based on the reflectance of an aiming beam back into the fiber during a popcorning scenario to determine how often the stone is close to the laser fiber when firing. Continuous light was coupled into a 200 µm fiber taped immediately next to the holmium fiber. Fibers were placed into a test tube with 5 BegoStones. Reflected light back into the fiber passed through the coupler to a biased photodiode. The fraction of time a stone was within 0.5 mm varied from 5%-18%.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Timothy Hall, Ali Aldoukhi, Khurshid Ghani, and William Roberts "Strike rate: analysis of stone to fiber contact during popcorn laser lithotripsy (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11212, Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Urology 2020, 112120C (6 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544279

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available