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dc.contributor.advisorMercer, James B.
dc.contributor.authorStikbakke, Einar
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-06T08:47:40Z
dc.date.available2010-12-06T08:47:40Z
dc.date.issued2010-09-15
dc.description.abstractThe use of Infrared Thermography to diagnose circulatory problems in the hands is based upon the assumption that a change in skin temperature can be related to a change in skin blood flow. In this study 7 healthy volunteers were exposed to a 3 min period of vascular stasis of the right arm. The resultant reactive hyperaemia with associated skin erythemia was monitored on the forearm and finger tip of the 2nd digit with Infrared Thermography (IR) and with Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF). Following vascular stasis clear increases in skin perfusion as measured with LDF were seen at both the finger tip and forearm. However, a concomitant increase in skin temperature was only seen at the finger tip. This finding indicates that changes in skin blood flow associated with skin reactive hyperaemia and its associated erythemia may not be the same as that used for thermoregulatory purposes. It is concluded that caution should be applied when using IR thermal imaging to monitor blood flow changes associated with induced changes in skin perfusion associated with erythemia. Keywords:en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/2865
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_2598
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2010 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseID5.-årsoppgavenor
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical, dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Human and veterinary science physiology: 718en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Radiology and diagnostic imaging: 763en
dc.titleAn infrared thermographic and laser doppler flowmetric investigation of skin perfusion in the forearm and finger tip : following a short period of vascular stasisen
dc.typeMaster thesisen
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen


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