A new single-fibre laser Doppler flowmeter based on digital signal processing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 523-528

  Cai, H ^a   Pettersson, H ^a   Rohman, H ^a   Larsson, S E ^a   Oberg P A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital signal processor; Laser Doppler flowmeter; Microcirculation; Single fibre; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLOWMETERS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BLOOD PERFUSION; LASER DOPPLER ALGORITHM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETERS; SKELETAL MUSCLES;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030271433     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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