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Lightguide laser Doppler flowmetry (LDFc) is widely used both in micro-circulatory research and in clinical blood flow studies (for a review, see Shepherd and Oberg, 1990). Despite the inability to measure blood flow in absolute terms with the method (flux values are quoted in volts), physiological challenges can be used in order to test local and sympathetic control of the microvascular flow (Khan et al., 1991).
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Harrison, D.K., Abbot, N.C., Beck, J.S., McCollum, P.T. (1994). Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging Compared with Lightguide Laser Doppler Flowmetry, Dynamic Thermographic Imaging and Tissue Spectrophotometry for Investigating Blood Flow in Human Skin. In: Vaupel, P., Zander, R., Bruley, D.F. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 345. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2468-7_112
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