Dynamical simulation of red blood cell rheology in microvessels

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-473

  Pan, Tsorng Whay ^a   Wang, Tong ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational biomechanics; Elastic membrane model; Immersed boundary method; Microcirculation; Red blood cells; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749195584     PISSN: 17055105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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