Optical assessment of recovery of tissue blood supply after removal of externally applied pressure

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-427

  Murray, A ^a   Marjanovic, D ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary bed; Interface pressure; Occlusion pressure; Perfusion; Photoelectric plethysmography; Pulse

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SKIN; TISSUE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EXTERNAL OCCLUSION PRESSURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031194773     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02534102     Document Type: Article

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