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PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrodiagnosis
OBS

A non-invasive vascular diagnostic method which uses light reflection rheography.

OBS

Photoplethysmography may be used in the assessment of venous insufficiency.

Key term(s)
  • photoelectric plethysmography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrodiagnostiques
DEF

Technique diagnostique non effractive qui permet l'enregistrement, par cellule photoélectrique, des variations subies par un faisceau lumineux traversant un vaisseau sanguin.

OBS

La photopléthysmographie sert, en particulier dans la maladie post-thrombotique, pour l'évaluation quantitative du reflux sanguin.

Spanish

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