Holographic laser Doppler imaging of pulsatile blood flow

J Biomed Opt. 2015 Jun;20(6):066006. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.6.066006.

Abstract

We report on wide-field imaging of pulsatile motion induced by blood flow using heterodyne holographic interferometry on the thumb of a healthy volunteer, in real time. Optical Doppler images were measured with green laser light by a frequency-shifted Mach-Zehnder interferometer in off-axis configuration. The recorded optical signal was linked to local instantaneous out-of-plane motion of the skin at velocities of a few hundreds of microns per second and compared to blood pulse monitored by plethysmoraphy during an occlusion-reperfusion experiment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Holography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Interferometry
  • Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / methods*
  • Pulsatile Flow / physiology
  • Pulse / methods
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Skin