Red blood cells motion in a glass microchannel

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1281, Issue , 2010, Pages 963-966

  Pinho, Diana ^a   Pereira, Ana I ^a,b   Lima, Rui ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomicrofluidics; microcirculation; Nonlinear Optimization; Red Blood Cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954541648     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3498656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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