Endoscopic laser imaging of tissue perfusion: New instrumentation and technique

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Forrester, K R ^a,b   Stewart, C ^b   Leonard, C ^a   Tulip, J ^c   Bray, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endoscope; Joint tissue; Laser Doppler; Laser speckle

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; LASERS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0141928026     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10207     Document Type: Article

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