Some reasons to build a new laser doppler flowmeter to monitor microvascular blood flow

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1865-1868

  Figueiras, E ^a   Loureiro, V ^a   Requicha Ferreira, L F ^a   Humeau, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Groupe Esaip   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Depth and volume discrimination; Laser doppler flowmetry; Skin microcirculation

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MICROCIRCULATION;

BLOOD MICROCIRCULATION; DEPTH AND VOLUME DISCRIMINATION; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETERS; MEAN SAMPLING DEPTH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKIN MICROCIRCULATION;

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 77950169517     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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