Measurement of Human Red Blood Cell Deformability Using a Single Micropore on a Thin Si3N4 Film

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 721-726

  Ogura, Eiji ^a   Abatti, Paulo Jose ^a   Moriizumi, Toyosaka ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE - COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; FILTERS - POROSITY; FILTRATION - THIN FILMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BLOOD CELL DEFORMABILITY; MICROPORE FILMS; SILICON MICROFABRICATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DIAMIDE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTARAL; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MICROPORE FILTERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0026206292     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.83583     Document Type: Article

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