A highly accurate and consistent microfluidic viscometer for continuous blood viscosity measurement

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 944-949

  Kang, Yang Jun ^a   Yoon, Sang Youl ^a   Lee, Kyeong Hwan ^a   Yang, Sung ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microfluidic channel array; Microfluidic viscometer; Non Newtonian fluid; Power law; Relative viscosity; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIC DEVICES; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

CHANNEL ARRAYS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL ARRAY; MICROFLUIDIC VISCOMETER; MICROFLUIDICS CHANNELS; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; POWER-LAW; RELATIVE VISCOSITY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE SOLUTIONS; WHOLE BLOOD;

MICROFLUIDICS;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; VISCOMETER;

EID: 78649619965     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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