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An NMR Assessment of the Rheological Properties of Blood and Its Constituents: A Review
Author(s) -
Berling C.,
Hall L. D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
nmr in biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1099-1492
pISSN - 0952-3480
DOI - 10.1002/nbm.1940020102
Subject(s) - rheology , hemorheology , red blood cell , microcirculation , blood flow , chemistry , cytoplasm , blood circulation , biophysics , materials science , biochemistry , medicine , biology , cardiology , composite material , traditional medicine
This review assesses the progress of NMR in the field of hemorheology, i.e., the assessment of the mechanical and physical characteristics of flowing blood. The review deals with the intrinsic rheological properties of the red cell and its constituents (membrane, cytoplasm), which are dominant in the microcirculation, and a section concerns the investigation of the cell/cell interaction phenomenon, known to give rise to the complicated non‐Newtonian behavior of blood under most of the flow conditions encountered in the blood circulation using NMR.