Figure 5
From: Partitioning of red blood cell aggregates in bifurcating microscale flows
(a) Ensemble average (
) and 
values based on 400 images against Q* for the PBS case. (b) Ensemble averaged values (
) with pooled standard deviation for the D2000 case. (c) Ensemble averaged values 
(PBS) obtained by normalising 
by the values in parent branch (the standard deviation of 
(n = 400) is also shown). The lower limit in the data of 
in (a) was 0.5 due to noise reduction in the data. (d) Ensemble averaged (
) values of aggregate size 
plotted against Q* (D2000 cases); the data is normalised by the 
values in the parent branch. Data below Q* = 0.5 correspond to the right daughter branch and above Q* = 0.5 to the left daughter branch. The standard deviation of 
is also included. (e) Size-flow parameter FA* = Q*A* against Q* as an index of the flow preference of different aggregate size.
