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{"title":"Applications of deep learning to the assessment of red blood cell deformability.","authors":"Alper Turgut, Özlem Yalçin","doi":"10.3233/BIR-201016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-201016","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Measurement of abnormal Red Blood Cell (RBC) deformability is a main indicator of Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) and requires standardized quantification methods. Ektacytometry is commonly used to estimate the fraction of Sickled Cells (SCs) by measuring the deformability of RBCs from laser diffraction patterns under varying shear stress. In addition to estimations from model comparisons, use of maximum Elongation Index differences (ΔEImax) at different laser intensity levels was recently proposed for the estimation of SC fractions.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000Implement a convolutional neural network to accurately estimate rigid-cell fraction and RBC concentration from laser diffraction patterns without using a theoretical model and eliminating the ektacytometer dependency for deformability measurements.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000RBCs were collected from control patients. Rigid-cell fraction experiments were performed using varying concentrations of glutaraldehyde. Serial dilutions were used for varying the concentration of RBC. A convolutional neural network was constructed using Python and TensorFlow.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Our measurements and model predictions show that a linear relationship between ΔEImax and rigid-cell fraction exists only for rigid-cell fractions less than 0.2. Our proposed neural network architecture can be used successfully for both RBC concentration and rigid-cell fraction estimations without a need for a theoretical model.","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"58 1-2","pages":"51-60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-201016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39067766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of near-wall PIV data on recirculation hemodynamics in a patient-specific moderate stenosis: Experimental-numerical comparison.","authors":"Neha Sharma,&nbsp;Sudeep Sastry,&nbsp;John M Sankovic,&nbsp;Jaikrishnan R Kadambi,&nbsp;Rupak K Banerjee","doi":"10.3233/BIR-201001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-201001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recirculation zones within the blood vessels are known to influence the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions. Quantification of recirculation parameters with accuracy remains subjective due to uncertainties in measurement of velocity and derived wall shear stress (WSS).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The primary aim is to determine recirculation height and length from PIV experiments while validating with two different numerical methods: finite-element (FE) and -volume (FV). Secondary aim is to analyze how FE and FV compare within themselves.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PIV measurements were performed to obtain velocity profiles at eight cross sections downstream of stenosis at flow rate of 200 ml/min. WSS was obtained by linear/quadratic interpolation of experimental velocity measurements close to wall.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recirculation length obtained from PIV technique was 1.47 cm and was within 2.2% of previously reported in-vitro measurements. Derived recirculation length from PIV agreed within 6.8% and 8.2% of the FE and FV calculations, respectively. For lower shear rate, linear interpolation with five data points results in least error. For higher shear rate either higher order (quadratic) interpolation with five data points or lower order (linear) with lesser (three) data points leads to better results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Accuracy of the recirculation parameters is dependent on number of near wall PIV data points and the type of interpolation algorithm used.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 2-4","pages":"53-76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-201001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38598446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Usefulness of whole blood viscosity estimated by de Simeone's formula to predict left ventricular thrombus formation within one year following acute anterior myocardial infarction.","authors":"Ömer Faruk Çırakoğlu,&nbsp;Ahmet Oguz Aslan,&nbsp;Ahmet Seyda Yilmaz,&nbsp;Selim Kul,&nbsp;İhsan Dursun","doi":"10.3233/BIR-200240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-200240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite improvements in treatment of ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI), thrombus formation in the left ventricle is still a concerning complication that may lead to systemic thromboembolism and stroke.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the predictive value of estimated whole blood viscosity (WBV) for left ventricular thrombus development in patients surviving an acute anterior myocardial infarction (AAMI).MATERIALS & METHODS:Seven hundred eighty AAMI patients who were treated percutaneously were enrolled consecutively. Serial echocardiographic examinations were performed within 24h of admission, before hospital discharge, and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months following hospital discharge. WBV was calculated according to de Simones formula.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred patients (12.8%) developed thrombus formation within one year following AAMI. Patients with left ventricular thrombus (LVT) had significantly higher WBV values. Supramedian values of WBV at both low (0.5 sec-1) and high (208 sec-1) shear rates were found to be an independent predictor of LVT development.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As an easily accessible parameter, WBV might be a useful predictor of LVT formation within one year following acute anterior myocardial infarction.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 1","pages":"37-51"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-200240","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37965791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of margination of platelet-sized particles in red blood cell suspensions flowing through Y-shaped bifurcating microchannels.","authors":"Masako Sugihara-Seki,&nbsp;Tenki Onozawa,&nbsp;Nozomi Takinouchi,&nbsp;Tomoaki Itano,&nbsp;Junji Seki","doi":"10.3233/BIR-201010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-201010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the blood flow through microvessels, platelets exhibit enhanced concentrations in the layer free of red blood cells (cell-free layer) adjacent to the vessel wall. The motion of platelets in the cell-free layer plays an essential role in their interaction with the vessel wall, and hence it affects their functions of hemostasis and thrombosis.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to estimate the diffusivity of platelet-sized particles in the transverse direction (the direction of vorticity) across the channel width in the cell-free layer by in vitro experiments for the microchannel flow of red blood cell (RBC) suspensions containing platelet-sized particles.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fluorescence microscope observations were performed to measure the transverse distribution of spherical particles immersed in RBC suspensions flowing through a Y-shaped bifurcating microchannel. We examined the development of the particle concentration profiles along the flow direction in the daughter channels, starting from asymmetric distributions with low concentrations on the inner side of the bifurcation at the inlet of the daughter channels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In daughter channels of 40 μm width, reconstruction of particle margination revealed that a symmetric concentration profile was attained in ∼30 mm from the bifurcation, independent of flow rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We presented experimental evidence of particle margination developing in a bifurcating flow channel where the diffusivity of 2.9-μm diameter particles was estimated to be ∼40 μm2/s at a shear rate of 1000 s-1 and hematocrit of 0.2.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 2-4","pages":"101-116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-201010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25317571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Viscoelastic behavior of cardiomyocytes carrying LMNA mutations.","authors":"Daniele Borin,&nbsp;Brisa Peña,&nbsp;Matthew R G Taylor,&nbsp;Luisa Mestroni,&nbsp;Romano Lapasin,&nbsp;Orfeo Sbaizero","doi":"10.3233/BIR-190229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-190229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Laminopathies are genetic diseases caused by mutations in the nuclear lamina.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Given the clinical impact of laminopathies, understanding mechanical properties of cells bearing lamin mutations will lead to advancement in the treatment of heart failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to analyze the viscoelastic behavior of neonatal rat ventricular myocyte cells expressing three human lamin A/C gene (LMNA) mutations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cell storage modulus was characterized, by two plateaus, one in the low frequency range, a second one at higher frequencies. The loss modulus instead showed a \"bell\" shape with a relaxation toward fluid properties at lower frequencies. Mutations shifted the relaxation to higher frequencies, rendering the networks more solid-like. This increase of stiffness with mutations (solid like behavior) was at frequencies around 1 Hz, close to the human heart rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These features resulted from a combination of the properties of cytoskeleton filaments and their temporary cross-linker. Our results substantiate that cross-linked filaments contribute, for the most part, to the mechanical strength of the cytoskeleton of the cell studied and the relaxation time is determined by the dissociation dynamics of the cross-linking proteins. The severity of biomechanical defects due to these LMNA mutations correlated with the severity of the clinical phenotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-190229","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37665888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Viscoelastic characterization of diabetic and non-diabetic human adipose tissue.","authors":"Benjamin A Juliar,&nbsp;Clarissa Strieder-Barboza,&nbsp;Monita Karmakar,&nbsp;Carmen G Flesher,&nbsp;Nicki A Baker,&nbsp;Oliver A Varban,&nbsp;Carey N Lumeng,&nbsp;Andrew J Putnam,&nbsp;Robert W O'Rourke","doi":"10.3233/BIR-190234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-190234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obesity-induced chronic inflammation and fibrosis in adipose tissue contributes to the progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). While fibrosis is known to induce mechanical stiffening of numerous tissue types, it is unknown whether DM is associated with alterations in adipose tissue mechanical properties.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to investigate whether DM is associated with differences in bulk viscoelastic properties of adipose tissue from diabetic (DM) and non-diabetic (NDM) obese subjects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Bulk shear rheology was performed on visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissue, collected from obese subjects undergoing elective bariatric surgery. Rheology was also performed on the remaining extracellular matrix (ECM) from decellularized VAT (VAT ECM). Linear mixed models were used to assess whether correlations existed between adipose tissue mechanical properties and DM status, sex, age, and body mass index (BMI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>DM was not associated with significant differences in adipose tissue viscoelastic properties for any of the tissue types investigated. Tissue type dependent differences were however detected, with VAT having significantly lower shear storage and loss moduli than SAT and VAT ECM independent of DM status.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although DM is typically associated with adipose tissue fibrosis, it is not associated with differences in macroscopic adipose tissue mechanical properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 1","pages":"15-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-190234","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37665889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Viscosity and mixing properties of artificial saliva and four different mouthwashes.","authors":"Stevan Hinic,&nbsp;Bojan Petrovic,&nbsp;Sanja Kojic,&nbsp;Nejra Omerovic,&nbsp;Jovana Jevremov,&nbsp;Nina Jelenciakova,&nbsp;Goran Stojanovic","doi":"10.3233/BIR-201008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-201008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Numerous functions of saliva depend on its biophysical properties. Mouth rinses react with saliva and change both their own properties and properties of saliva.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to define the level of mixing of artificial saliva and mouth rinses, and define their viscosity and its changes at room and body temperature.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Artificial saliva, fluoride solutions, chlorhexidine, zinc-hydroxyapatite solution and casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate were used. To simulate their mixing, Y-channel PVC chips were used, in two different microfluidics systems. The experiments were recorded with a microscope, then the proportion of mixing was calculated using Matlab. For viscosity measurements rotational viscometer was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results show partial mixing of all solutions with artificial saliva. Measurements with a viscometer indicate different viscosities of all used solutions. Viscosity of a mixture of solution and artificial saliva is always in the range of viscosity of the artificial saliva and the solution separately. Moreover, viscosity of all solutions, as well as mixture with artificial saliva, significantly decreases at higher temperature.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Intraoral administration of mouth rinses results in change of biophysical properties of both saliva and mouth rinses. Those changes can affect preventive and therapeutic effect, and therefore oral health.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 2-4","pages":"87-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-201008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38751598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterisation and optimisation of foams for varicose vein sclerotherapy.","authors":"T G Roberts,&nbsp;S J Cox,&nbsp;A L Lewis,&nbsp;S A Jones","doi":"10.3233/BIR-201004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-201004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Foam sclerotherapy is the process of using an aqueous foam to deliver surfactant to a varicose vein to damage vein wall endothelial cells, causing the vein to spasm, collapse and ultimately be re-absorbed into the body. Aqueous foams are complex fluids that can exhibit a significant yield stress and high effective viscosity which depend on their composition, particularly the bubble size and liquid fraction.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterise the properties of foams used for varicose vein sclerotherapy and determine their effectiveness in the displacement of blood during sclerotherapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Foams are modelled as yield stress fluids and their flow profiles in a model vein are predicted. Values of the yield stress are determined from experimental data for three different foams using the Sauter mean of the bubble size distribution. Along with the measured liquid fraction of the foams, this information is collected into a Bingham number which entirely characterises the process of sclerotherapy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Polydispersity in bubble size has a strong effect on the yield stress of a foam and the Sauter mean of the size distribution better captures the effects of a few large bubbles. Reducing the polydispersity increases the yield stress, and a higher yield stress results in a larger plug region moving along the vein, which is more effective in displacing blood. The width of the plug region is proportional to the Bingham number, which also has a quadratic dependence on the liquid fraction of the foam. Assuming typical values for the rate of injection of a foam, we predict that for a vein of diameter 5 mm, the most effective foams have low liquid fraction, a narrow size distribution, and a Bingham number B ≈ 4.5.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Sauter mean radius provides the most appropriate measure of the bubble size for sclerotherapy and the Bingham number then provides a simple measure of the efficacy of foam sclerotherapy in a vein of a given size, and explains the ability of different foams to remove varicose veins. Foams containing small bubbles, with a narrow size distribution, and a low liquid fraction are beneficial for sclerotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 2-4","pages":"77-85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-201004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38751597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Porcine bile viscosity is proportional to density.","authors":"Nguyen Ngoc Minh,&nbsp;Hiromichi Obara","doi":"10.3233/BIR-190238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-190238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The gallbladder filling and emptying cycle controls bile flow into the duodenum. Disruption of this emptying and refilling cycle leads to bile stasis and subsequent gallstone formation. The bile flow rate is inversely proportional to its viscosity. Moreover, bile is a complex material with varying density in different people because of its diverse components. These density changes alter the viscosity. Prediction of shear viscosity from density measurements may thus contribute to medical assessment and treatment of the patient.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the relationship between the shear viscosity and density of bile.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Natural and filtered bile samples were prepared for density, viscosity and pressure drop measurements. The density and shear viscosity were measured by a density meter and viscometer, respectively, and a relationship was established between them. Measurements of the pressure drop in a glass tube were used to estimate the apparent viscosity and compared with shear viscosity obtained with the viscometer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The natural bile with higher density showed a greater shear viscosity than the filtered bile, especially at low shear rates. Bile viscosity was proportional to density. In addition, the pressure drop of the natural samples was greater than that of the filtered sample. The viscosity measured by the viscometer deviated from the results obtained using Poiseuille's law and the tube pressure drop measurements. The density difference between the natural and filtered bile samples was smaller than 1%. However, the viscosities of the natural and filtered bile samples varied by up to >30%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Porcine bile viscosity is proportional to density. Based on the bile density, one can easily evaluate the shear viscosity using a linear relationship. The density considerably influences the bile viscosity, with small density increases greatly increasing the shear viscosity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"57 1","pages":"27-36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-190238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37871153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preface.","authors":"H. Lipowsky","doi":"10.3233/bir-190233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/bir-190233","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"56 2-3 1","pages":"73-75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/bir-190233","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42826730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}