Laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA): A real-time solution for monitoring capillary blood flow and velocity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3337, Issue , 1998, Pages 98-107

  He, Xiao Wei ^a   Briers, J David ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow monitoring; Data structure; Design of algorithms; Image processing; Laser speckle; Parallel algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; CAPILLARY FLOW; DATA STRUCTURES; LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECKLE;

LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST ANALYSIS (LASCA);

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0032403966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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