An effective method for skin blood flow measurement using local heat combined with electrical stimulation

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 663-669

  Almalty, A M R ^a   Petrofsky, J S ^b   Al Naami, B ^a   Al Nabulsi, J ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous blood flow; Electrical stimulation; Laser Doppler imager; Thermoregulation; Wounds

Indexed keywords

CUTANEOUS BLOOD FLOW; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER IMAGER; THERMOREGULATION; WOUNDS;

BLOOD; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE SENSORS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LASERS; SKIN;

HEATING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350445042     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091900903271646     Document Type: Article

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