Measurement of the skin microcirculation through intact bandages using laser Doppler flowmetry

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Melhuish, J M ^a   Krishnamoorthy, L ^a   Bethaves, T ^b   Clark, M ^b   Williams, R J ^b   Harding, K G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Compression bandage; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SKIN;

BANDAGES; CUTANEOUS BLOOD; PERFUSION;

MICROCIRCULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMPRESSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERFUSION; SENSOR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE; VASCULARIZATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BANDAGES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 2342445612     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344640     Document Type: Article

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