Review of laser speckle contrast techniques for visualizing tissue perfusion

Draijer, Matthijs and Hondebrink, Erwin and Leeuwen van, Ton and Steenbergen, Wiendelt (2009) Review of laser speckle contrast techniques for visualizing tissue perfusion. Lasers in Medical Science, 24 (4). pp. 639-651. ISSN 0268-8921

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Abstract:	When a diffuse object is illuminated with coherent laser light, the backscattered light will form an interference pattern on the detector. This pattern of bright and dark areas is called a speckle pattern. When there is movement in the object, the speckle pattern will change over time. Laser speckle contrast techniques use this change in speckle pattern to visualize tissue perfusion. We present and review the contribution of laser speckle contrast techniques to the field of perfusion visualization and discuss the development of the techniques.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© The authors
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Biomedical Photonic Imaging (BMPI)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/76388
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10103-008-0626-3Open Access
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