Laser speckle contrast imaging of the skin: Interest in processing the perfusion data

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-105

  Humeau Heurtier, Anne ^a   Buard, Benjamin ^a   Mahe, Guillaume ^b   Abraham, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Image processing; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Laser speckle contrast imaging; Microcirculation; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PERFUSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHERENT MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; FULL-FIELD; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER SPECKLE; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING; MICROVASCULAR; PERFUSION DATA; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; SPECKLE IMAGES;

BLOOD VESSELS; FLOWMETERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCIRCULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

DATA HANDLING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICROCIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN;

EID: 84858766177     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0856-6     Document Type: Review

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