Evaluation of a new high power, wide separation laser Doppler probe: Potential measurement of deeper tissue blood flow

Microvascular Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Clough, Geraldine ^a   Chipperfield, Andrew ^b   Byrne, Christopher ^a,b   de Mul, Frits ^c   Gush, Rodney ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Moor Instruments   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler blood flow; Monte Carlo modeling; Skin; Skin warming; Sub dermal tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; WARMING;

EID: 68349160854     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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