Wavelet analysis of oscillations in the peripheral blood circulation measured by laser Doppler technique

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1230-1239

  Stefanovska, Aneta ^a   Bracic, Maja ^a   Kvernmo, Hebe Désirée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Endothelial vasoregulation; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Peripheral blood flow; Time frequency analysis; Vasodilator substances; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT VASODILATORS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD CIRCULATION; RHYTHMIC PROCESS; TIME FREQUENCY METHOD;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032824343     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.790500     Document Type: Article

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