Laser speckle contrast analysis: A new method to evaluate peripheral blood perfusion in systemic sclerosis patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1181-1185

  Ruaro, Barbara ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^a   Alessandri, Elisa ^a   Pizzorni, Carmen ^a   Ferrari, Giorgia ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DOPPLER DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROANGIOPATHY EVOLUTION SCORE; NAILFOLD MICROANGIOPATHY; PERFUSION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD PERFUSION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 84899814643     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203514     Document Type: Article

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