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Adopting A Multidisciplinary Approach With Input From Physicists, Researchers And Medical Professionals, This Is The First Book To Introduce Many Different Technical Approaches For The Visualization Of Microcirculation, Including Laser Doppler And Laser Speckle, Optical Coherence Tomography And Photo-acoustic Tomography. It Covers Everything From Basic Research To Medical Applications, Providing The Technical Details While Also Outlining The Respective Strengths And Weaknesses Of Each Imaging Technique.edited By An International Team Of Top Experts, This Is The Ultimate Handbook For Every Microcirculation Imaging; Contents; Preface; List Of Contributors; 1 A Historical Perspective Of Imaging Of The Skin And Its Gradual Uptake For Clinical Studies, Inclusive Of Personal Reminiscences Of Early Days Of Microcirculation Societies; 1.1 Early History; 1.2 The Microcirculatory Societies; 1.3 A Tour Of Microcirculatory Centers In 1968; 1.4 Tv Video Projection; 1.5 The Third World Congress Of Microcirculation; 1.6 Perfusion Monitoring And The Advent Of The Laser Doppler; 1.7 3d And 4d Tomographic Methods; 1.8 Nonoptical Microcirculation Imaging 1.9 Panel Discussions And International Convergencereferences; 2 Sidestream Dark-field (sdf) Video Microscopy For Clinical Imaging Of The Microcirculation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Quantifying The Functional State Of The Microcirculation; 2.3 Microcirculatory Image Acquisition; 2.3.1 Sdf Instrument; 2.4 Automated Microcirculation Image Analysis; 2.5 International Consensus On Microcirculation Image Acquisition And Analysis; 2.6 Future Prospects; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Clinical Applications Of Sdf Videomicroscopy; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Microcirculatory Alterations Visualized With Ops/sdf Imaging3.2.1 In Sepsis; 3.2.2 In Severe Heart Failure And Cardiogenic Shock; 3.2.3 During And After Cardiac Arrest; 3.2.4 In Surgery; 3.2.4.1 Cardiac Surgery; 3.2.4.2 Noncardiac Surgery; 3.2.5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; 3.2.6 Dermatology; 3.2.7 Oncolo