Multichannel laser-Doppler probe for blood perfusion measurements with depth discrimination

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 740-747

  Liebert, A ^a   Leahy, M ^b   Maniewski, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Laser Dppler method; Microcirculation; Multichannel probe; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOWMETERS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCIRCULATION;

BLOOD PERFUSION; MULTI-CHANNEL LASER-DOPPLER PROBE;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MODEL; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION;

EID: 0032212312     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02518878     Document Type: Article

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