Table 1.
Camera detecting changes | Expected changes with infusions | ||
Phenylephrine | Glyceryl trinitrate | ||
Skin colour | Red/Green/Blue visible spectrum camera | Pale skin, reduced red tone with vessel constriction | Increase in red tone with vessel dilation |
Skin temperature | Thermographic camera | Reduced temperature and thermal signal | Increased temperature and thermal signal |
Skin perfusion | Laser speckle contrast imager | Reduced perfusion/flux | Increased perfusion/flux |
Pulsatility | Red/green/blue visible spectrum camera | Reduced pulsatility in image plethysmography | Increased pulsatility in image plethysmography |