title: A method for analyzing non-Newtonian blood viscosity data in low shear rates.
abstract: Viscosity measurements were made using a coaxial rotating cylinder viscometer for blood having various volume fractions of red cells. A method is described for analyzing non-Newtonian blood viscosity in low shear rates by taking account of an increase or a decrease in size of red cell aggregates induced by shear. Our results are compared with empirical formulae presented by Scott Blair, Weaver-Evans-Walder and Thurston.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012212:Rheology