Correlation of infrared thermography and skin perfusion in Raynaud patients and in healthy controls

Microvascular Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-57

  Schlager, Oliver ^a   Gschwandtner, Michael E ^a   Herberg, Karin ^a   Frohner, Tanja ^a   Schillinger, Martin ^a   Koppensteiner, Renate ^a   Mlekusch, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Infrared thermography; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Perfusion; Raynaud's phenomenon; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953538740     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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