Accuracy evaluation of RBC velocity measurement in nail-fold capillaries

Microvascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-260

  Wu, Chih Chieh ^a   Lin, Wen Chen ^b   Zhang, Geoffrey ^c   Chang, Chin Wen ^a   Liu, Ren Shyan ^d,e   Lin, Kang Ping ^b   Huang, Tzung Chi ^f  

^a INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Optical flow; Red blood cell velocity; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CIRCULATION TIME; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAIL; NAIL FOLD CAPILLARY; OPTIC FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; NAILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 79954604449     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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