Erythrocyte aggregation at non-steady flow conditions: A comparison of characteristics measured with electrorheology and image analysis

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Kaliviotis, Efstathios ^a   Ivanov, Ivan ^b   Antonova, Nadia ^b   Yianneskis, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aggregation index; Blood microstructure; Conductivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORHEOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 76649112054     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1251     Document Type: Article

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