Cerebral vascular effects of non-invasive laserneedles measured by transorbital and transtemporal Doppler sonography

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-295

  Litscher, G ^a   Schikora, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

685 nm; Acupuncture; Blood flow velocity; Computer controlled laserpuncture (CCL); Laser; Laserneedle; Middle cerebral artery; Ophthalmic artery; Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD)

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEEDLE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEEDLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036034319     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030200042     Document Type: Article

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