Thermographic visualisation of changes in peripheral perfusion brought about by acupuncture;Visualisierung von peripheren durchblutungsanderungen wahrend der akupunktur mittels thermographie

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Litscher, G ^a   Wang, Lu ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hand; Skin temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; BODY TEMPERATURE; FINGER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

PERIPHERAL PERFUSION;

ACUPUNCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PERFUSION; SKIN; THERMOGRAPHY; WRIST;

EID: 0033002885     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.1999.44.5.129     Document Type: Article

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