Computational Blood Cell Mechanics: Road Towards Models and Biomedical Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367657093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 268 str.

Ivan Cimrak; Iveta Jancigova

Opis

Simulating blood cells for biomedical applications is a challenging goal. Whether you want to investigate blood flow behavior on the cell scale, or use a blood cell model for fast computational prototyping in microfluidics, Computational Blood Cell Mechanics will help you get started, and show you the path forward.

Spis treści

1 Introduction

2 Illustrative simulation example

3 Cell model

4 Model vs. bioreality

5 Practical issues

6 Applications

7 Ideas for extension

8 Dreaming up the future

Appendix A: Force- and torque-free bending modulus

Appendix B: Comparison of area interactions to other approaches

Appendix C: Force- and torque-free volume modulus

Appendix D: Calculus of spring network deformations

Appendix E: Complete example script

Appendix F: Simulation setup

O autorze

Ivan Cimrák is an associate professor at University of Žilina, Slovakia and the Head of the Cell-in-Fluid Research Group.

Iveta Jančigová is a research assistant at University of Žilina, Slovakia and member of the Cell-in-Fluid Research Group.

Both authors are contributors to the open-source project ESPResSo.