Optical assessment of cutaneous blood volume depends on the vessel size distribution: A computer simulation study

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Jacques, Steven L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Monte Carlo simulation; Optical measurement; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CONTENT; BLOOD VOLUMES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; RANDOM PLACEMENT; SKIN MODEL; VASCULAR LESIONS; VESSEL DIAMETER; VESSEL SIZE;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77449087253     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200900085     Document Type: Article

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