TY  - EJOU
AU  - Tsubota, Ken-ichi 
AU  - Kodama, Yuya 
AU  - Aoki, Hiroyoshi 
AU  - Yamagata, Yutaka 

TI  - In Vitro Measurement of Blood Flow in Microvascular Network with Realistic Geometry
T2  - Molecular \& Cellular Biomechanics

PY  - 2019
VL  - 16
IS  - Suppl.2
SN  - 1556-5300

AB  - 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. 
KW  - Blood flow; microcirculation; red blood cells; apparent viscosity

DO  - 10.32604/mcb.2019.07285