Laser speckle contrast imaging accurately measures blood flow over moving skin surfaces

Microvascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Mahé, Guillaume ^a,d   Rousseau, Pascal ^a,d   Durand, Sylvain ^b   Bricq, Stephanie ^c   Leftheriotis, Georges ^a,d   Abraham, Pierre ^a,d  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c Groupe ESAIP Centre d'Études et de Recherche pour l'Aide à   (France)

^d Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

Imaging; Methods; Microcirculation; Physiology; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIA; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LASERS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOVEMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79651473589     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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