Effect of red blood cells on platelet aggregation

This study briefly reviews the model that describes platelet behavior resulting in aggregation and thrombus formation. This is followed by an overview of the basics of the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), the simulation method adopted here. Details of the numerical simulations is then described...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karniadakis, George E., Pivkin, Igor V., Richardson, Peter D.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60238