Microvascular distribution in the ocular conjunctiva and digestive tract in an experimental setting

Recently improved microcirculatory imaging techniques, such as orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) and its technical successor sidestream dark field (SDF) imaging, in handheld devices have allowed a direct observation of the microcirculation at the bedside. Usually a cut-off of 20 mu m in diameter is used to differentiate small vessels...More