Acknowledgements
The results presented here were originally initialized within the framework of the
Indo-German project entitled “Studies of Neurological Induced Skin Perfusion
Change Using Optical Sensors” which was jointly sponsored by the
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Germany and the Indian Institute of
Technology at Chennai in India. Since this time, studies of skin perfusion phenomena have been in the focus of close research cooperation between RWTH
Aachen University, Czech Technical University in Prague, IITM in Chennai and
other institutions. Over time, different research activities and stays of project participants were partially sponsored by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the
Czech Republic (MSM grant 6840770012 “Transdisciplinary Research in the Area
of Biomedical Engineering II”, CTU Prague). Furthermore, we acknowledge generous support by the German BMBF and BMWi (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft
und Energie) within the projects “In-Monit”, “Ohr-Biofeed-back” and “LAVIMO”
as well as additional funding from the German institutions DAAD, and Alexander
von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH). All authors who have benefited from this support
would like to express their sincere thanks to these institutions.
Thanks are due to the Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Madras in Chennai
for providing seed money in bringing out this book. The authors are also indebted
to Springer Nature for their support in the publication of this book.
Last but not the least, the editors say thanks to all the individual authors of
different chapters and scientific co-workers in their groups and laboratories, graduate and doctoral students for their engagement and collaboration.
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The results presented here were originally initialized within the framework of the
Indo-German project entitled “Studies of Neurological Induced Skin Perfusion
Change Using Optical Sensors” which was jointly sponsored by the
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Germany and the Indian Institute of
Technology at Chennai in India. Since this time, studies of skin perfusion phenomena have been in the focus of close research cooperation between RWTH
Aachen University, Czech Technical University in Prague, IITM in Chennai and
other institutions. Over time, different research activities and stays of project participants were partially sponsored by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the
Czech Republic (MSM grant 6840770012 “Transdisciplinary Research in the Area
of Biomedical Engineering II”, CTU Prague). Furthermore, we acknowledge generous support by the German BMBF and BMWi (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft
und Energie) within the projects “In-Monit”, “Ohr-Biofeed-back” and “LAVIMO”
as well as additional funding from the German institutions DAAD, and Alexander
von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH). All authors who have benefited from this support
would like to express their sincere thanks to these institutions.
Thanks are due to the Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Madras in Chennai
for providing seed money in bringing out this book. The authors are also indebted
to Springer Nature for their support in the publication of this book.
Last but not the least, the editors say thanks to all the individual authors of
different chapters and scientific co-workers in their groups and laboratories, graduate and doctoral students for their engagement and collaboration.
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