Laser speckle is a complex interference phenomenon that can easily be understood, in
concept, but is difficult to predict mathematically, because it is a stochastic process. The use …

The primary focus of monitoring anesthetized patients is the assessment of depth of
anesthesia, cardiovascular and pulmonary consequences of the anesthetized state, and …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD),
with inflammation playing a key role. Biologic and targeted synthetic drugs used to treat RA …

Background Sleep loss may induce endothelial dysfunction, a key factor in cardiovascular
risk. We examined the endothelial function during one week of sleep restriction and a …

Introduction Microvascular changes in the skin due to pharmacological and physiological
provocations can be used as a marker for vascular function. While laser Doppler flowmetry …

Background. The main limitation of perfusion assessment with indocyanine green
fluorescence angiography during colorectal surgery is that the surgeon assesses the quality …

Blood perfusion in human tissue can be measured in vivo by means of various optical
methods, which seem to be very different from one another. The most prominent examples of …

Objective To evaluate endothelial function and vascular stiffness in large, medium, small
and microcirculatory blood vessels in very early diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods …

Patients with arteriolosclerosis have impaired microvascular perfusion leading to impaired
wound healing. Aged garlic extract has shown to have a positive impact on vascular …

Objective Laser‐based tissue perfusion monitoring techniques have been increasingly used
in animal and human research to assess blood flow. However, these techniques use …