Dispersion of red blood cells in microchannels : a confocal micro-PTV assessment

Blood in large arteries may be treated as a homogenous fluid from a macroscopic prospective. However, in reality blood is a suspension of deformable cells in viscous fluid plasma. In microcirculation, which comprises the smallest arteries and veins, the flow behavior of individual blood cells and th...

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Main Author: Lima, R. (author)
Other Authors: Ishikawa, Takuji (author), Imai, Yohsuke (author), Fujiwara, Hiroki (author), Takeda, Motohiro (author), Matsuki, Noriaki (author), Wada, Shigeo (author), Yamaguchi, Takami (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2015
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/2015