Preliminary clinical evaluation of semi-automated nailfold capillaroscopy in the assessment of patients with raynaud's phenomenon

Microcirculation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 440-447

  Murray, Andrea K ^a   Feng, Kaiyan ^a   Moore, Tonia L ^a   Allen, Phillip D ^a   Taylor, Christopher J ^a   Herrick, Ariane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillary; Classification; Nailfold; Raynaud's phenomenon; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY WIDTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERCAPILLARY DISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79960955851     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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