Unsteady Cell Distributions in Capillary Networks
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology Progress
- Vol. 1 (1) , 26-32
- https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.5420010107
Abstract
A numerical simulation is used to study the distribution and flux of red blood cells in capillary networks. The relationship between the motion of an individual cell in a single capillary and the overall transport of cells throughout a network is investigated.Interpretation of results is greatly facilitated by the use of a computer graphics representation of the simulation. Steady‐state and certain time‐dependent cell distribution problems are studied, with a special focus on the sensitivity of the results to the presence of a small number of white cells.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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