Abstract
We developed a new method for visualizing the flow behavior of erythrocytes in living microvessels by the fluorescent labeling technique. Intravital microscopic observation of the microcirculation in the rat mesentery using this technique enabled quantitative analyses of a few hydrodynamic aspects of the two-phase blood flow; e.g. diameter-flow relationships in a consecutively branched vascular network and the distribution of erythrocytes in an arteriolar bifurcation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 897-904 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Multiphase Flow |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1993 Oct |
Keywords
- blood flow rate
- cell distribution function
- dynamic hematocrit
- erythrocyte
- fluorescent labeling
- intravital microscope
- microcirculation
- preferential flow
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes