Confocal Micro-PIV/PTV Measurements of the Blood Flow in Micro-channels - Bioanalysis Advanced Materials Methods and Devices - page 145

Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by: International
Doctoral Program in Engineering, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology of Japan (MEXT), 2007 Global COE Program “Global Nano-Biomedical Engineering
Education and Research Network”, Japan. Grant-in-Aid for Science and Technology (PTDC/
SAU-BEB/108728/2008, PTDC/SAU-BEB/105650/2008 and PTDC/EME-MFE/099109/2008)
from the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) and COMPETE, Portugal. The authors
would also like to thank all the colleagues and students for their valuable comments, suggestions
and technical assistance throughout this research work.
References
1. Adrian R (1991) Particle-imaging techniques for experimental fluid mechanics. Annu Rev
Fluid Mech 23:261-304
2. Alonso C, Pries A, Kiesslich O, Lerche D, Gaehtgens P (1995) Transient rheological behaviour
of blood in low-shear tube flow: velocity profiles and effective viscosity. Am J Physiol 268:
H25-H32
3. Abramoff M, Magelhaes P, Ram S (2004) Image processing with image J. Biophotonics Int
11:36-42
4. Baker M, Wayland H (1974) On-line volume flow rate and velocity profile measurement for
blood in microvessels. Microvasc Res 7:131-143
5. Born G, Melling A, Whitelaw J (1978) Laser Doppler microscope for blood velocity measure-
ment. Biorheology 15:163-172
6. Bugliarello G, Hayden J (1963) Detailed characteristics of the flow of blood in vitro . Trans Soc
Rheol 7:209-230
7. Cochrane T, Earnshaw J, Love A (1981) Laser Doppler measurement of blood velocity in
microvessels. Med Biol Eng Comput 19:589-596
8. Cerdeira T (2009) Estudo do escoamento sangu´neo em microcanais. Final year project,
Instituto Polit´cnico de Bragan¸a (IPB), Portugal (in Portuguese)
9. Einav S, Berman R, Fuhro P, DiGiovanni P, Fine S, Fridman J (1975) Measurement of velocity
profiles of red blood cells in the microcirculation by laser Doppler anemometry (LDA).
Biorheology 12:207-210
10. Fidalgo C (2010) Estudo da forma¸˜o da camada de plasma em microcanais. Final year
project, Instituto Polit ´ cnico de Bragan¸a (IPB), Portugal (in Portuguese)
11. Fujiwara H, Ishikawa T, Lima R, Marsuki N, Imai Y, Kaji H, Nishizawa M, Yamaguchi T
(2009) Red blood cell motions in a high hematocrit blood flowing through a stenosed micro-
channel. J Biomech 42:838-843
12. Gaehtgens P, Meiselman H, Wayland H (1970) Velocity profiles of human blood at normal and
reduced hematocrit in glass tubes up to 130 m m diameter. Microvasc Res 2:13-23
13. Goldsmith H (1971) Red cell motions and wall interactions in tube flow. Fed Proc 30
(5):1578-1588
14. Goldsmith H (1971) Deformation of human red cells in tube flow. Biorheology 7:235-242
15. Goldsmith H, Marlow J (1979) Flow behavior of erythrocytes II. Particles motions in
concentrated suspensions of ghost cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 71(2):383-407
16. Golster H, Linden M, Bertuglia S, Colantuoni A, Nilsson G, Sjoberg F (1999) Red blood cell
velocity and volumetric flow assessment by enhanced high-resolution laser Doppler imaging in
separate vessels of hamster cheek pouch microcirculation. Microvasc Res 58:62-73
17. Ishikawa T, Fujiwara H, Matsuki N, Yoshimoto T, Imai Y, Ueno H, Yamaguchi T (2011)
Asymmetry of blood flow and cancer cell adhesion in a microchannel with symmetric
bifurcation and confluence. Biomed Microdevices 13:159-167