Radial dispersion of red blood cells in blood flowing through glass capillaries: The role of hematocrit and geometry

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2188-2196

  Lima, Rui ^a,b   Ishikawa, Takuji ^a   Imai, Yohsuke ^a   Takeda, Motohiro ^a,c   Wada, Shigeo ^d   Yamaguchi, Takami ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Confocal micro PTV; Microcirculation; Radial dispersion; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPILLARITY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISPERSIONS; GEOMETRY; GLASS; MICROCIRCULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BLOOD FLOW; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; CONFOCAL MICRO-PTV; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; RADIAL DISPERSION; RADIAL DISPLACEMENTS; RED BLOOD CELL; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

BLOOD VESSELS;

GLASS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CAPILLARY; CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICRO PTV ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARIES; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; GLASS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 52649122824     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.04.033     Document Type: Article

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