Reproducibility of LDF blood flow measurements: Dynamical characterization versus averaging

Microvascular Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-276

  Stefanovska, A ^a   Sheppard, L W ^a   Stankovski, T ^a   McClintock, P V E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81055140366     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.08.009     Document Type: Letter

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