Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) for Assessment of Tissue Blood Flow in Skeletal Muscle: Recent Progress.
Near-infrared diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is an emerging technology for monitoring blood flow in various tissues. This article reviews the recent progress of DCS for the assessment of skeletal muscle blood flow, including the developments in technology allowing use during dynamic exercise and muscular electrical stimulation, the utilization for diagnosis of muscle vascular diseases, and the applications for evaluating treatment effects. The limitations of current DCS studies and future perspective are finally discussed.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
Yu
Y
Shang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA ; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Katelyn
K
Gurley
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
Guoqiang
G
Yu
Blood flow; Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS); Gating algorithm; Motion artifact; Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD); Skeletal muscle