Title :
Determination of blood clot composition in real-time by laser scattering method
Author :
Kim, Jungkuk ; Bae, Chul Soo ; Jo, Hyun Sup
Author_Institution :
Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
Blood clots are composed of different substances and their composition percentage can be a good indicator for determination of their cause or clotting mechanism. In order to see the possibility of real-time composition determination, the laser scattering characteristic of blood clots located in whole blood is theoretically calculated and compared with an experimental measurement. It is found that there is a good agreement between theory and experiment, and the major composition of blood clots in flowing whole blood can be determined in real-time by laser scattering method
Keywords :
blood; chemical analysis; laser applications in medicine; light scattering; blood clot composition determination; flowing whole blood; laser scattering method; real-time determination; Cells (biology); Coagulation; Equations; Laser theory; Mie scattering; Particle scattering; Plasmas; Rayleigh scattering; Red blood cells; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579887
