Measurement of choroidal blood flow in zero gravity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4951, Issue , 2003, Pages 177-184

  Ansari, Rafat R ^a   Suh, Kwang I ^a   Moret, Fabrice ^a   Messer, Russell K ^a   Manuel, Francis Keith ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronautics; Blood flow; Crew safety; Laser doppler flowmetry; Microgravity; Space medicine

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT;

CHOROIDAL BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETER; SPACE MEDICINE;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0345714856     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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