Hemodynamic investigation on blood flow in a rugged microchannel

C. W. Park, G. M. Kim, S. H. Shin, S. J. Lee, Y. H. Ku, J. H. Jang

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Abstract

The biological flow characteristics inside a rugged surface type microchannel are investigated experimentally using a micro-particle image velocimetry (micro-PIV) method. The main objectives of this study are to understand the blood flow structure inside a micro-domain blood vessel and to identify the feasibility of nano-scale fluorescent particles for velocity field measurement in a micron-sized channel. The flow field is analyzed with a spatial resolution of 1K×1K pixels at low Reynolds number flow. To obtain the spatial distributions of mean velocity, 100 instantaneous velocity fields are captured and ensemble-averaged. As a result, for the case of blood flow, there are substantial cell deformation and variations to pass through the rugged surface of a microchannel and the clear velocity vector field was acquired by using the present micro-PIV technique.

Original languageEnglish
Article number60500Y
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6050
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventOptomechatronic Micro/Nano Devices and Components - Sappora, Japan
Duration: 5 Dec 20057 Dec 2005

Keywords

  • Blood flow
  • Deformation
  • Feasibility
  • Fluorescent particle
  • Micro-PIV
  • Rugged microchannel

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