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SUBMITTER: Matsumoto Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768743 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsumoto Y Y Asao Y Y Yoshikawa A A Sekiguchi H H Takada M M Furu M M Saito S S Kataoka M M Abe H H Yagi T T Togashi K K Toi M M
Scientific reports 20180115 1
We analysed the vascular morphology of the palm using a photoacoustic tomography (PAT) instrument with a hemispherical detector array. The three-dimensional (3D) morphology of blood vessels was determined noninvasively. Overall, 12 females and 11 males were recruited as healthy volunteers. Their ages were distributed almost evenly from 22 to 59 years. In all cases, many vascular networks were observed just beneath the skin and were determined to be veins anatomically. To analyse the major arteri ...[more]