Blood flow measurements at different depths using photoplethysmography and laser Doppler techniques

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-147

  Bergstrand, Sara ^a   Lindberg, Lars Göran ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^a   Lindén, Maria ^b   Lindgren, Margareta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Non invasive; Photoplethys mography; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NON-INVASIVE; PHOTOPLETHYS MOGRAPHY; PRESSURE ULCERS;

BLOOD; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; LASERS; PROBES;

HEMODYNAMICS;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE RATE; RECUMBENCY; SACRUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 65449166465     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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