Laser Doppler imaging of skin microcirculation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-118

  Svedman, Cecilia ^a,b   Cherry, George W ^a   Strigini, Elizabeth ^a   Ryan, Terence J ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A V shunt; Angle of measurement; Biological zero value; Reproducibility; Skin perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031978158     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598433430     Document Type: Article

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