A lab-on-a-chip capillary network for red blood cell hydrodynamics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 585-591

  Chen, Yung Chou ^a   Chen, Guo Yang ^a   Lin, Yan Cheng ^a   Wang, Gou Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformability; Lab on a chip; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAPILLARY NETWORK; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; DEFORMABILITY; HUMAN BODIES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROVESSELS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RBC DEFORMABILITY; RED BLOOD CELL; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CIRCUIT THEORY; DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORIES; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN;

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EID: 77956266533     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0591-6     Document Type: Article

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