The vasomotor axon reflex can be evoked in peripheral epidermal nociceptive C-fibers to induce local vasodilation. This neurogenic flare response is a measure of C-fiber functional integrity and therefore shows impairment in patients with small fiber neuropathy. Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and laser Doppler imaging (LDI) are both techniques to analyze vasomotor small fiber function by quantif...

After percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), stress-echocardiography and gated single photon emission computerized tomography (g-SPECT) are usually performed but both tools have technical limitations. The present study evaluated results of PTCA of left anterior descending artery (LAD) six months after PTCA, by combining transthoracic Doppler coronary flow reserve (CFR) and color...

because of having good performance in cancelling the clutter echoes, pulsed-doppler radar is the best solution in some applications. in this paper a new algorithm for signal design and signal processing in high prf radar is developed. the robust chinese remainder theorem is the basis for estimating the unambiguous ranges in the proposed algorithm. two high prf pulsed-doppler radars are designed...

The scientific community widely understands that expansion redshifts are the centerpiece of big-bang cosmology. What is generally unknown is the widespread confusion in the ranks of cosmologists as to exactly what they are. A minority equate them with Doppler shifts due to actual recession. A majority, however, claim: (i) “... the [expansion] redshift does not really have anything to do with ve...

This study presents aircraft spiral ascent and descent observations intercepting a transition to riming processes during widespread stratiform precipitation. The sequence is documented using collocated scanning and profiling radar, including longer-wavelength dual polarization measurements and shorter-wavelength Doppler spectra. Riming regions are supported using aircraft measurements recording...

The GPS modernization program deploys new generations of satellites designated Block IIR-M, Block IIF and Block III-A, equipped to transmit multiple civil signals. The coexistence of multiple civilian signals in a GPS receiver has been a focus in recent research activities. In the literature to date, correlator outputs of individual channels are combined in ways either to increase the power ava...

Figure 4. Trailed spectrograms (top panels), Doppler maps (middle panels) and computed data (bottom panels) are plotted for Hβ, He ii λ4686Å, and He i λ4472Å for both nights. The computed data were reconstructed from the Doppler maps. The letters A, B and C mark flares visible in both Hβ and He ii λ4686Å; these lead to some artifacts (diagonal stripes) in the maps. ABSTRACT We present spectrosc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of transvaginal power Doppler sonography to discriminate between benign and malignant endometrial conditions in women presenting with postmenopausal bleeding and thickened endometrium at baseline sonography. METHODS Ninety-one postmenopausal women (median age, 58 years; range, 47-83 years) presenting with uterine bleeding and a thickened endometrium (> or = 5-mm...

BACKGROUND It has been proposed that sildenafil citrate can increase ocular blood flow, and that this property can be used to treat ocular disorders that involve reflex vasoconstriction. This study therefore proposes to ascertain the vasodilator effect of the drug on retrobulbar circulation in healthy rabbits. For this matter rabbits treated with sildenafil citrate or saline solution had their ...