A feasible method for measuring the blood flow velocity in superficial artery based on the laser induced dynamic thermography

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Jin, Chao ^a   He, Zhizhu ^b   Zhang, Shanshan ^b   Qi, Minchao ^a   Sun, Ziqiao ^b   Di, Derui ^b   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Disease diagnostics; Infrared thermography; Laser heating; Physiological measurement

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; DYNAMIC THERMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATED ERROR; HUMAN BODIES; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER INDUCED; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; RECORD DYNAMICS; SINGLE POINT; SKIN SURFACES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; THERMAL TRANSPORT; TISSUE TEMPERATURES;

DIAGNOSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LASER HEATING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TISSUE;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84865434897     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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