Novel approach to laser doppler measurement of pulpal blood flow

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-309

  Zang, De Yu ^a   Wilder Smith, Petra ^b   Millerd, James E ^a   Arrastia, Anna M A ^b  

^a METROLASER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Back forward scattering; Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Pulp

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FORWARD SCATTERING GEOMETRY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PULPAL BLOOD FLOW;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0031188669     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275337     Document Type: Article

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