Contents
1 Skin Perfusion Studies: Historical Notes and Modern Measuring
Strategies Using Non-invasive Photoplethysmographic
Sensor Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Vladimir Blazek
2 Influence of Controlled Breathing (Pranayama)
on Dermal Perfusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mandavilli Mukunda Rao
3 Pulse Oximetry for the Measurement of Oxygen Saturation
in Arterial Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Jagadeesh Kumar V. and K. Ashoka Reddy
4 Reflective Arterial Pulse Oximetry for New Measuring Sites
and Long-Term Assessment of Dermal Perfusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Boudewijn Venema
5 Peripheral Venous Dynamics, Venous Oxygen Saturation
and Local Oxygen Consumption Measured with an Extended
Photoplethysmograpic Muscle Pump Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Vladimir Blazek and Claudia Blazek
6 Low-Frequency Blood Volume Rhythms in the Skin Perfusion
Obtained by Optical Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hans J. Schmitt
7 Synergetic Interpretation of Patterned Vasomotion Activity
in Microvascular Perfusion: Application to Objective Recording
of Subjective Responses to Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Holger Schmid-Schönbein
8 A Self-Organized Rhythm in Peripheral Effectors:
The Intermediary Rhythm Appears as 0.15 Hz-Band Activity . . . . 139
Volker Perlitz
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