Title :
Double trap optical tweezers as a tool for direct studying of single red blood cell aggregation
Author :
Khokhlova, M.D. ; Zhdanov, A.G. ; Lyubin, E.V. ; Rykova, S.Y. ; Sokolova, I.A. ; Fedyanin, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Double optical tweezers is suggested for studying red blood cell aggregation. Quantitative measurements of interaction forces between a pair of RBC are performed. Comparative analysis of aggregation for healthy and pathological blood samples is shown.
Keywords :
Aggregates; Biomedical optical imaging; Cells (biology); Charge carrier processes; Force measurement; Pathology; Performance evaluation; Plasma properties; Power lasers; Red blood cells;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
