Deformability is an essential feature of blood cells (RBCs) that enables them to travel
through even the smallest capillaries of the human body. Deformability is a function of (i) …

The underlying physical properties of microfluidic tools have led to new biological insights
through the development of microsystems that can manipulate, mimic and measure biology …

The precise segmentation of retinal blood vessels is of great significance for early diagnosis
of eye-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. In this work, we propose a …

Retinal vessels play an important role in judging many eye-related diseases, so accurate
segmentation of retinal vessels has become the key to auxiliary diagnosis. In this paper, we …

The accuracy of retinal vessels segmentation is of great significance for the diagnosis of
cardiovascular diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Especially, the segmentation …

Recent advances in biomedical technologies are mostly related to the convergence of
biology with microengineering. For instance, microfluidic devices are now commonly found …

We describe a method for quantifying the mechanical properties of cells in suspension with
a microfluidic device consisting of a parallel array of micron-sized constrictions. Using a high …

Glutaraldehyde is a well-known substance used in biomedical research to fix cells. Since
hemolytic anemias are often associated with red blood cell shape changes deviating from …

Human red blood cells (RBCs) are approximately 8 μm in diameter, but must repeatedly
deform through capillaries as small as 2 μm in order to deliver oxygen to all parts of the …

Red blood cells (RBCs) must be highly deformable to transit through the microvasculature to
deliver oxygen to tissues. The loss of RBC deformability resulting from pathology, natural …