EVALUATION OF DIGITAL MICROVASCULAR FLOW IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AND IN PRIMARY

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心机构，不一定为研究者机构。我们将研究激光多普勒成像扫描仪是否能提供精确的测量结果，以便最终用于诊断雷诺病患者，特别是硬皮病患者。激光多普勒成像扫描仪是一种扫描和拍摄皮肤和身体照片以测量血流的工具。它主要用于欧洲和美国的一些地区，它已被用于许多医学专业，如皮肤科评估皮肤病，烧伤评估严重程度，整形外科评估皮肤移植成功率以及眼科疾病和眼科手术。在风湿性疾病中，它已被用于评估雷诺现象和硬皮病患者的手和手指的血流量。研究人员声称，它已经证明可以精确测量雷诺氏病患者的手指血流，这些患者已经接受了改善血液循环的药物治疗。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. We will study if the Laser Doppler Imaging Scanner gives precise measures so it can eventually be used to diagnose subjects with Raynaud¿s, especially those with Scleroderma. The Laser Doppler Imaging scanner is a tool to scan and take pictures of the skin and body to measure blood flow. It is used mostly in Europe and in some parts of the U.S. It has been used in a lot of medical specialties such as dermatology to evaluate skin diseases, in burns to asses the severity, in plastic surgery to assess skin graft success and in eye disease and eye surgery. In Rheumatologic diseases, it has been used to evaluate for blood flow in the hands and fingers in patients with Raynaud¿s phenomenon and Scleroderma. Researchers claim that it has shown to give precise measures of the finger blood flow in patients with Raynaud¿s who have been treated with medications to improve circulation.