Development of a computer-aided thermoelectric Peltier device for local cold provocation tests with an integrated photoplethysmographic sensor for the non-invasive evaluation of acral skin perfusion;Entwicklung eines computerunterstutzten thermoelektrischen Peltier-Kaltetestverfahrens mit integrierter photoplethysmographischer Messeinheit zur nichtinvasiven Evaluation der akralen Hautdurchblutung

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 234-239

  Klyscz, T ^a   Hahn, M ^a   Beck, W ^b   Blazek, V ^c   Rassner, G ^a   Junger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Fa Walter Beck GmbH   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

computer aided diagnosis; cutaneous blood flow; local cold provocation test; microcirculation; non invasive test; photoplethysmography; Raynaud's phenomenon

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COLD EFFECTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSORS; SKIN;

ACRAL SKIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER AIDED THERMOELECTRIC PELTIER DEVICE; INTEGRATED PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIC SENSOR; LOCAL COLD PROVOCATION TESTS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; THERMAL REGULATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROVOCATION TEST; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGERS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031228791     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.1997.42.9.234     Document Type: Article

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