Title :
Rigorous solutions of scattering problems involving red blood cells
Author :
Ergul, Ozgur ; Arslan-Ergul, Ayca ; Gurel, Levent
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Stat., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
We present rigorous solutions of scattering problems involving healthy red blood cells (RBCs) and diseased RBCs with deformed shapes. Scattering cross-section (SCS) values for different RBC shapes and different orientations are obtained accurately and efficiently using a sophisticated simulation environment based on the electric and magnetic current combined-field integral equation and the multilevel fast multipole algorithm. Using SCS values, we determine strict guidelines to distinguish deformed RBCs from healthy RBCs and to diagnose related diseases.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; blood; cellular biophysics; diseases; electric current; numerical analysis; patient diagnosis; scattering; shapes (structures); RBC orientation; RBC shape; SCS value; deformed shape; diseased RBC; electric and magnetic current combined-field integral equation; multilevel fast multipole algorithm; red blood cells; scattering crosssection; scattering problem; Diseases; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Guidelines; Integral equations; MLFMA; Red blood cells; Shape; Sparse matrices; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
