A transmissive laser speckle imaging technique for measuring deep tissue blood flow: An example application in finger joints

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Dunn, J F ^a   Forrester, K R ^a   Martin, L ^a   Tulip, J ^b   Bray, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood flow; imaging; laser; rheumatoid arthritis; speckle; synovial

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINGER JOINT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SPECKLE PERFUSION IMAGING; LIGHT QUALITY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THICKNESS; TOURNIQUET;

ALGORITHMS; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; LASERS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79251522864     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21018     Document Type: Article

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