A new capillary viscometer for small samples of whole blood

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 385-392

  Marinakis, G N ^a   Barbenel, J C ^b   Tsangaris, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capillary; Power law; Viscometer; Viscosity; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPILLARITY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CAPILLARY VISCOMETERS;

VISCOMETERS; BLOOD VESSELS;

CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY VISCOMETERS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; POWER LAW MODEL; POWER-LAW; RELIABLE RESULTS; SUCROSE SOLUTION; WHOLE BLOOD;

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUCROSE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036456810     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441102321032175     Document Type: Article

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