Thermography as potential real-time technique to assess changes in flow distribution in hemofiltration

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 520-525

  Unger, J K ^a,b   Lemke, A J ^a   Grosse Siestrup, C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Hemofiltration; Thermography

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 31544452122     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000143     Document Type: Article

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