Laser speckle contrast imaging: Theory, instrumentation and applications

IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-110

  Senarathna, Janaka ^a   Rege, Abhishek ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Thakor, Nitish V ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional imaging; imaging of cortical spreading depression; imaging of stroke; laser speckle contrast imaging; retinal imaging; skin imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING; RETINAL IMAGING; SKIN IMAGING;

SPECKLE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LASERS; OPTICAL IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875829426     PISSN: 19373333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2013.2243140     Document Type: Article

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