Title :
Measurement of blood flow over skin surface with a self-mixing laser interferometer
Author :
Ozdemir, S.K. ; Ohno, I. ; Shinohara, S.
Author_Institution :
SORST Research Team for Interacting Carrier Electronics, CREST Research Team for Photonic Quantum Information, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan
Abstract :
Self-mixing laser diode speckle interferometry is investigated for non-invasive blood flow measurement. A comparison of the method with a commercially available Doppler flow measurement system is done to confirm its feasibility and efficiency.
Keywords :
blood flow measurement; optical feedback; self-mixing; Blood flow; Diode lasers; Fluid flow measurement; Laser feedback; Optical surface waves; Pressure measurement; Rough surfaces; Skin; Surface emitting lasers; Surface roughness; blood flow measurement; optical feedback; self-mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569640
