Figure 4
From: Partitioning of red blood cell aggregates in bifurcating microscale flows
(a) Aggregate size (A*) distribution in the entire channel for the non-aggregating case (PBS) and for Q*~0.5 obtained from 400 images (k = 208479). The mean value is 1.06[0.50′, 1.08]. (b) detected edge area A* distribution for the aggregating case (D2000) obtained for Q*~0.5 and from 400 images (k = 73164). The mean value is 1.90[0.50′, 1.91]. The dotted line indicates the maximum area of one RBC. (c) distribution of all detected structures (A*) at Q*~0.5 in the parent and (d) daughter branches. Intensity-based haematocrit profiles (H(I*)) calculated as in Sherwood et al.20 (dashed line, linear function), and in Sherwood et al.22 (solid lines, non-linear function) are superimposed; in the present case the haematocrit profiles are scaled for the purpose of comparison.
