An improved instrument for real-time measurement of blood flow velocity in microvessels

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2663-2671

  Sapuppo, Francesca ^a   Bucolo, Maide ^a   Intaglietta, Marcos ^b   Johnson, Paul C ^b   Fortuna, Luigi ^a   Arena, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Dual slit methodology; Dynamic measurements; In vivo experimentation; Microcirculation; Red blood cells (RBCs)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; FLOW VELOCITY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTOMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DUAL-SLIT METHODOLOGY; RED BLOOD CELLS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 37249076497     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.907959     Document Type: Article

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