Insight in human skin microcirculation using in vivo reflectance-mode confocal laser scanning microscopy

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-481

  Altintas, Mehmet Ali ^a   Altintas, A A ^b   Guggenheim, M ^c   Steiert, A E ^a   Aust, M C ^a   Niederbichler, A D ^a   Herold, C ^a   Vogt, P M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical application; Diagnostic imaging; Microcirculation; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COLD STRESS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC CHANGES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES; HUMAN SKIN; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LOCAL HEATING; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REFLECTION;

MICROCIRCULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958028408     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9219-3     Document Type: Article

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