TY - GEN
T1 - Flow visualization of trace particles and red blood cells in a microchannel with a diverging and converging bifurcation
AU - Leble, V.
AU - Fernandes, C.
AU - Dias, R.
AU - Lima, R.
AU - Ishikawa, T.
AU - Imai, Y.
AU - Yamaguchi, T.
PY - 2012/2/13
Y1 - 2012/2/13
N2 - This paper aims to investigate the effect of both diverging and converging bifurcations on the flow behaviour of Pure Water (PW) and Red Blood Cells (RBCs). A confocal micro-PTV system is used to visualize and measure the flow characteristics of the working fluids. The results show no formation of a Cell-Free Layer (CFL) around the apex of the bifurcation. In contrast, there is a clear formation of a triangular CFL just downstream of the confluence apex. As a result, this triangular CFL seems to play an important role on the in vitro blood flow characteristics at this region.
AB - This paper aims to investigate the effect of both diverging and converging bifurcations on the flow behaviour of Pure Water (PW) and Red Blood Cells (RBCs). A confocal micro-PTV system is used to visualize and measure the flow characteristics of the working fluids. The results show no formation of a Cell-Free Layer (CFL) around the apex of the bifurcation. In contrast, there is a clear formation of a triangular CFL just downstream of the confluence apex. As a result, this triangular CFL seems to play an important role on the in vitro blood flow characteristics at this region.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856714200
SN - 9780415683951
T3 - Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Proceedings of VipIMAGE 2011 - 3rd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing
SP - 209
EP - 211
BT - Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Proceedings of VipIMAGE 2011 - 3rd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing
T2 - 3rd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, VipIMAGE 2011
Y2 - 12 October 2011 through 14 October 2011
ER -