Review of methodological developments in laser Doppler flowmetry

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-283

  Rajan, Vinayakrishnan ^a   Varghese, Babu ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a   Steenbergen, Wiendelt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Doppler effect; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL ZERO; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CALIBRATION; DEEP PERFUSION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; IMAGING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER DOPPLER PERFUSION IMAGING; LASER DOPPLER PERFUSION MONITORING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATH LENGTH RESOLVED LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MICROCIRCULATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 61349089308     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0524-0     Document Type: Review

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