Evaluation of laser Doppler imaging to measure blood flow in knee ligaments of adult rabbits

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Bray, R ^a,c   Forrester, K ^a   McDougall, J J ^b   Damji, A ^a   Ferrell, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Roy Coll Phys Surgeons of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Healing; Injury; Laser doppler; Ligament; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT; COLOURED MICROSPHERE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; LIGAMENT TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE SPECIFIC DATA POINTS;

BLOOD; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LIGAMENTS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030152334     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02520078     Document Type: Article

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