A review of numerical methods for red blood cell flow simulation

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Meongkeun Ju1, Swe Soe Ye, Bumseok Namgung

  • 1a Department of Bioengineering , National University of Singapore , Singapore.

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
|April 16, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
RBC aggregation modellingRBC deformation modellingblood rheologyhaemodynamics

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