Blood velocity pulse quantification in the human conjunctival pre-capillary arterioles

Microvascular Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Koutsiaris, Aristotle G ^a,b   Tachmitzi, Sophia V ^b   Papavasileiou, Periklis ^c   Batis, Nick ^a   Kotoula, Maria G ^b   Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^b   Tsironi, Evagelia ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bulbar conjunctiva; High speed video microscopy; Human arterioles; Velocity pulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AXIAL RED BLOOD CELL VELOCITY PULSE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HIGH SPEED VIDEO MICROCINEMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECAPILLARY ARTERIOLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESISTIVE INDEX; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 77955421382     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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