In Vitro Measurement of Blood Flow in Microvascular Network with Realistic Geometry

We measured a blood flow in a polydimethysiloxane micro channel to reflect the complex geometry of a microvascular network. A flow rate was compared between two working fluids: water and blood. The measured flow rate reflected the bifurcation effects on the apparent viscosity determined by hematocri...

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Published inMolecular & cellular biomechanics Vol. 16; no. S2; pp. 38 - 39
Main Authors Tsubota, Ken-ichi, Kodama, Yuya, Aoki, Hiroyoshi, Yamagata, Yutaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Forsyth Tech Science Press 2019
Subjects
Blood flow
Hematocrit
Microvasculature
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Summary:We measured a blood flow in a polydimethysiloxane micro channel to reflect the complex geometry of a microvascular network. A flow rate was compared between two working fluids: water and blood. The measured flow rate reflected the bifurcation effects on the apparent viscosity determined by hematocrit, as well as the effects of the surrounding flow channels as bypasses.
ISSN:1556-5300
1556-5297
1556-5300
DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07285