An Electrically Calibrated Plethysmograph for Direct Measurement of Limb Blood Flow

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-22, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 25-29

  Hokanson, D Eugene ^a   Sumner, David S ^b   Strandness, D Eugene ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINERERING - HEMODYNAMICS; STRAIN GAGES - CIRCUITS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSIS; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LIMB; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; ARTICLE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; VASCULARIZATION;

FINGERS; HUMAN; LEG; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0016413597     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1975.324535     Document Type: Article

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