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Figure 3

From: Red blood cell distribution width is associated with increased interactions of blood cells with vascular wall

Figure 3

Optical coherence tomography of blood flow in a glass capillary comparing flow patterns of blood samples from patients with low and high RDW. The images show a distance between blood and glass wall among patients with low and high RDW. (A,B) Low RDW, (C,D) high RDW. Green arrows indicate space between glass wall and cellular components of blood. Left panels show Doppler OCT cross-sectional images of glass capillary with flowing blood. Right panels indicate drawings of cross-sectional profiles of the capillary for both: backscattered signal (black) and relative speed across the capillary lumen (blue). Imaging was performed with a Fourier-domain OCT setup. Data analysis was performed by using a joint spectral and time domain OCT method (STdOCT).

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