In this review we discuss the state of the art of the optical whole-field velocity measurement
technique micro-scale Particle Image Velocimetry (µPIV). µPIV is a useful tool for …

During the last 25 to 30 yr, micromodels have been increasingly used to study the behavior
of fluids inside microstructures in various research areas. Studies have included chemical …

Advances in microfluidic and nanofluidic technologies have been paralleled by advances in
methods for direct optical measurement of transport phenomena on these scales. A variety …

Thrombosis promotes leukocyte infiltration into inflamed tissues, leading to organ injury in a
broad range of diseases; however, the mechanisms by which thrombi guide leukocytes to …

The measurement of blood-plasma velocity distributions with spatial and temporal resolution
in vivo is inevitable for the determination of shear stress distributions in complex geometries …

We tested the hypothesis that high-viscosity (HV) plasma in extreme hemodilution causes
wall shear stress to be greater than low-viscosity (LV) plasma, leading to enhanced …

A detailed measurement of the blood flow velocity profile in microchannels in vitro is
fundamental to better understand the biomechanics of microcirculation. Therefore it is very …

Optically sliced microscopic-particle image velocimetry (micro-PIV) is developed using
confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The developed PIV system shows a unique …

In this article a number of whole-field blood velocity measurement techniques are concisely
reviewed. We primarily focus on optical measurement techniques for in vivo applications …

Speckle-based methods are popular non-invasive, label-free full-field optical techniques for
imaging blood flow maps at single vessel resolution with a high temporal resolution …