Application of a new laser Doppler imaging system in planning and monitoring of surgical flaps

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Schlosser, Stefan ^a,b   Wirth, Raphael ^a   Plock, Jan A ^a   Serov, Alexandre ^c   Banic, Andrej ^a   Erni, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Clinical Research ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flap perfusion; Free flaps; Ischemia; Microcirculatory blood flow; Perforator vessel

Indexed keywords

FLOW MONITORING; FREE FLAPS; HIGH DEFINITION; HIGH FLOW; HIGH-SPEED; IMAGING MODES; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATORY BLOOD FLOW; MICROVASCULAR; PLANNING AND MONITORING; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; SWITZERLAND; VASCULAR SUPPLY;

CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFORATORS; SURGERY;

FLAPS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79953832205     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3449598     Document Type: Article

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