Experimental ultrasound characterization of red blood cell aggregation using the structure factor size estimator

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 645-656

  Yu, François T H ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS (BSC); RED BLOOD CELLS; SHEAR RATES; STRUCTURE FACTOR SIZE ESTIMATORS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SWINE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 34547450230     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2735805     Document Type: Article

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