An infrared thermographic and Laser Doppler flowmetric investigation of skin perfusion in the forearm and finger tip following a short period of vascular stasis

Thermology International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Stikbakke, Einar ^a   Mercer, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Infrared thermography; Laser doppler flowmetry; Skin blood flow; Vascular stasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 48649085265     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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