Capillary blood flow monitoring using laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA): Improving the dynamic range

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2981, Issue , 1997, Pages 160-171

  Richards, Glenn J ^a   Briers, J D ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow monitoring; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Laser speckle; Time averaged speckle photography; Time varying speckle

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLASSIFIERS; COHERENT LIGHT; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LASERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BLOOD FLOW MONITORING; CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOWS; CONTRAST VARIATIONS; DYNAMIC RANGES; EXPOSURE TIMES; INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; LASER SPECKLE; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST ANALYSES; SPECKLE PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TIME-AVERAGED SPECKLE PHOTOGRAPHY; TIME-VARYING SPECKLE;

SPECKLE;

EID: 0000602849     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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