The influence of red blood cell deformability on hematocrit profiles and platelet margination
Fig 5
Simulation results of diffusion coefficient profiles (left panels) and volume fractions (right panels) along the radial axis of a 50μm radius pipe with a tube hematocrit of 30%.
The top row is the 100% healthy case, the middle row is the 50/50 healthy/stiff case, and the bottom row is the 100% stiff case. The right panels show volume fraction profiles across the radius of the pipe for healthy RBCs:red, 0.75mM TBHP RBCs:blue, and platelets:black. Cplt is the platelet volume fraction, which is defined as the ratio of the local platelet volume fraction divided by the mean vessel platelet volume fraction.