Title :
Laser Doppler imaging of skin blood flow
Author_Institution :
Reg. Med. Phys. Dept., Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Functional Imaging, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
