The laser diffractoscope - A new and fast system to analyse red blood cell flexibility with high accuracy

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Schauf, B ^a   Aydeniz, B ^a   Bayer, R ^b   Wallwiener, D ^a  

^a University of Düsseldorf ^*  (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deformability; Flexibility; Laser diffractoscope; Microcirculation; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HELIUM NEON LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER DIFFRACTION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLIABILITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037248207     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-002-0250-6     Document Type: Article

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