Spectral analysis of the microcirculatory laser Doppler signal at the Hoku acupuncture point

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Hsiu, Hsin ^a   Hsu, Wei Chen ^b   Huang, Shih Ming ^a   Hsu, Chia Liang ^a   Lin Wang, Yuh Ying ^c,d  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture point; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Spectral analysis; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349095746     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-008-0569-8     Document Type: Article

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