Microscale flow dynamics of red blood cells in microchannels: An experimental and numerical analysis

Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages 297-309

  Lima, R ^a,b   Fernandes, C S ^a   Dias, R ^a,b   Ishikawa, T ^c   Imai, Y ^c   Yamaguchi, T ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Blood flow; Microchannel; Microvascular networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964237818     PISSN: 18713033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0011-6_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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