Microvascular imaging: Techniques and opportunities for clinical physiological measurements

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Allen, John ^a   Howell, Kevin ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood flow; microcirculation; microvascular; optical imaging; perfusion; tissue viability

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SPECKLE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TISSUE;

BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER PERFUSION IMAGING; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MICROVASCULAR; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; TISSUE VIABILITY; VESSEL STRUCTURE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84902809409     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/7/R91     Document Type: Review

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