DocumentCode
1810802
Title
Laser Doppler imaging of skin blood flow
Author
Essex, T.J.H.
Author_Institution
Reg. Med. Phys. Dept., Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
fYear
1994
fDate
34339
Firstpage
42583
Lastpage
42584
Abstract
An instrument has been developed which scans a helium-neon laser beam in a raster over the skin area of interest to build an image of the skin in terms of its blood flow. This laser Doppler scanner in its present form can image areas up to 500 by 700 mm with a resolution of around 2 mm
Keywords
Doppler effect; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; haemorheology; laser applications in medicine; laser velocimeters; medical image processing; skin; He-Ne laser; clinical instrument; laser Doppler flowmeter; laser Doppler imaging; laser Doppler scanner; skin blood flow;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Functional Imaging, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
284681
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