Laser speckle contrast imaging in biomedical optics

J Biomed Opt. 2010 Jan-Feb;15(1):011109. doi: 10.1117/1.3285504.

Abstract

First introduced in the 1980s, laser speckle contrast imaging is a powerful tool for full-field imaging of blood flow. Recently laser speckle contrast imaging has gained increased attention, in part due to its rapid adoption for blood flow studies in the brain. We review the underlying physics of speckle contrast imaging and discuss recent developments to improve the quantitative accuracy of blood flow measures. We also review applications of laser speckle contrast imaging in neuroscience, dermatology and ophthalmology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Brain / physiology
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Rats