A Semiconductor Laser Used for Direct Measurement of the Blood Perfusion of Tissue

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 208-210

  de Mul, F F M ^a   Koelink, M H ^a   Weijers, A L ^a   Greve, J ^a   Aarnoudse, J G ^b   Graaff, R ^b   Dassel, A C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; HUMAN; LASER; NORMAL HUMAN; TISSUE PERFUSION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FINGERS; HUMAN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0027717761     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.212062     Document Type: Article

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