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Clinical use of laser speckle techniques: beyond the sole mapping

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  1. LISA, Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Automatisés, L’UNAM Université, Université d’Angers, 62 Avenue Notre Dame du Lac, 49000, Angers, France

    Anne Humeau-Heurtier

  2. Unité mixte UMR CNRS 6214/INSERM U 1083, Faculté de Médecine, Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée (BNMI), Angers, France

    Pierre Abraham, Georges Leftheriotis & Guillaume Mahé

  3. Laboratory of Vascular Investigations, University Hospital of Angers, 4, Rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France

    Pierre Abraham, Georges Leftheriotis, Daniel Henrion & Guillaume Mahé

  4. EA 4334, Motricité, Interactions, Performance, L’UNAM Université, Université du Maine, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085, Le Mans Cedex 9, France

    Sylvain Durand

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Humeau-Heurtier, A., Abraham, P., Durand, S. et al. Clinical use of laser speckle techniques: beyond the sole mapping. Med Biol Eng Comput 50, 1001–1002 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-012-0942-4

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