Determination of the red blood cell ability to traverse cylindrical pores

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-212

  Abatti, Paulo José ^a  

^a University of Parana (UTFPR)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cylindrical pore filter; RBC; red blood cell

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; DESIGN; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFICATIONS;

CYLINDRICAL PORE FILTER; CYLINDRICAL PORES; RED BLOOD CELL;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031106764     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554767     Document Type: Article

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