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On an optical effect in blood flow

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Results are presented of an experimental investigation of light scattering by blood flow. The relationship between the observed dependence of the scattering on the time and strain rate and the aggregation of particles (erythrocytes) and hydrodynamic characteristics is discussed.

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    V. A. Levtov, A. S. Popel', S. A. Regirer & N. Kh. Shadrina

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 161–165, November–December, 1971.

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Levtov, V.A., Popel', A.S., Regirer, S.A. et al. On an optical effect in blood flow. Fluid Dyn 6, 1053–1056 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01019821

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