Abstract
Recent technological advances of the CCD video-camera have made microscopes more compact and greatly improved their sensitivity. We newly designed a compact capillaroscopy which was composed with a CCD video-probe equipped a contact-type objective lens and illuminator. In the present study, we evaluated usefulness of the instrument for a bed-side human capillaroscopy to observe the capillary flow in various dermal regions. The influences of tissue compression on the dermal capillary blood flow were also investigated to confirm the utility for clinical applications. Our capillaroscopy visualized the nutritional capillary blood flow in almost all parts of skin surface. Our observations showed that a level of vertical stress similar to arterial pressure was required to stop the capillary flow. From these demonstrations the present CCD video-probe based capillaroscopy would be useful for clinical applications as a bed-side human capillaroscopy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | IFMBE Proceedings |
| Pages | 481-484 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 37 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Keywords
- CCD capillaroscopy
- Dermal capillary flow
- Pressure ulcers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Bioengineering
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Effects of tissue compression on capillary blood flow in human skin. / Shibata, Masahiro; Uangpairoj, P.
IFMBE Proceedings. Vol. 37 2011. p. 481-484.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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