Analytical Applications of Microfluidic Vascular Models

Microfluidic models of vascular functions.

In vitro studies of vascular physiology have traditionally relied on cultures of endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and pericytes grown on centimeter-scale plates, filters, and flow chambers. The introduction of microfluidic tools has revolutionized the study of vascular physiology by allowing researchers to create physiologically relevant culture models, at the same time greatly reducing ...

Microfluidic Applications in Vascular Bioengineering

Blood, the vascular tissue, is vital for nutrient transport, immune-surveillance, hemostasis, and wound healing, all of which are critical in order to maintain normal physiology (Lichtman, et al., 2006; Rosenberg & Aird, 1999). Consequently, the pathophysiology of a large number of diseases can be traced to abnormalities in blood flow and function. Hence, assays for composition and function of ...

Fabrication of Su-8 Microstructures for Analytical Microfluidic Applications

Applications of Cell Therapy in Vascular Surgery

Trying to use embryonic stem cells about 20 years ago, working with animals,  especially rats began. During these years , many experiments in mouse embryonic stem cells to transform into a variety of cells and transplanting them were led to remarkable success . In the next issue of human stem cells were considered successful until finally in 1998 the first report was published in the proliferat...

Analytical Image Models and Their Applications

In this paper, we study a family of analytical probability models for images within the spectral representation framework. First the input image is decomposed using a bank of filters, and probability models are imposed on the filter outputs (or spectral components). A two-parameter analytical form, called a Bessel K form, derived based on a generator model, is used to model the marginal probabi...