Macrophages in renal injury, repair, fibrosis following acute kidney injury and targeted therapy

H Chen, N Liu, S Zhuang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a renal disease with a high incidence and mortality. Currently,
there are no targeted therapeutics for preventing and treating AKI. Macrophages, important …

Assumptions in modelling of large artery hemodynamics

DA Steinman - Modeling of physiological flows, 2012 - Springer
The last decade has seen tremendous growth in the use of computational methods for
simulating large artery hemodynamics. As computational models become more …

[HTML][HTML] Contrast agent-free assessment of blood flow and wall shear stress in the rabbit aorta using ultrasound image velocimetry

K Riemer, EM Rowland, J Broughton-Venner… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blood flow velocity and wall shear stress (WSS) influence and are influenced by vascular
disease. Their measurement is consequently useful in the laboratory and clinic. Contrast …

Estimation of size of red blood cell aggregates using backscattering property of high-frequency ultrasound: In vivo evaluation

Y Kurokawa, H Taki, S Yashiro… - Japanese Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a method for assessment of the degree of red blood cell (RBC) aggregation
using the backscattering property of high-frequency ultrasound. In this method, the scattering …

Velocity field measurements of valvular blood flow in a human superficial vein using high-frequency ultrasound speckle image velocimetry

KH Nam, E Yeom, H Ha, SJ Lee - The international journal of …, 2012 - Springer
This study aims to investigate the blood flow around the perivalvular area in a human
superficial vein using high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) speckle image velocimetry. HFUS …

Estimation of aggregate size of red blood cell by introducing reference power spectrum measured for hemispherical ultrafine wire

K Higashiyama, S Mori, M Arakawa… - Japanese Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Noninvasive measurement of the degree of red blood cell (RBC) aggregation is useful for
evaluating blood properties. In the present paper, we proposed a method to estimate the …

Improvement of ultrasound speckle image velocimetry using image enhancement techniques

E Yeom, KH Nam, DG Paeng, SJ Lee - Ultrasonics, 2014 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-based techniques have been developed and widely used in noninvasive
measurement of blood velocity. Speckle image velocimetry (SIV), which applies a cross …

[HTML][HTML] Axial shear rate: A hemorheological factor for erythrocyte aggregation under Womersley flow in an elastic vessel based on numerical simulation

CA Lee, HMU Farooqi, DG Paeng - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Erythrocyte aggregation (EA) is a highly dynamic, vital phenomenon to interpreting human
hemorheology, which would be helpful for the diagnosis and prediction of circulatory …

Estimation of scatterer diameter by normalized power spectrum of high-frequency ultrasonic RF echo for assessment of red blood cell aggregation

T Fukushima, H Hasegawa… - Japanese Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, as one of the determinants of blood viscosity, plays an
important role in blood rheology, including the condition of blood. RBC aggregation is …

In vivo photoacoustic assessment of the oxygen saturation changes in the human radial artery: a preliminary study associated with age

T Bok, E Hysi, MC Kolios - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: We demonstrate the potential of probing the sO2 change under blood flow in
vivo using photoacoustic (PA) imaging and sheds light on the complex relationship between …