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Electric conductivity of stationary and flowing human blood at low frequencies

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Visser, K.R. Electric conductivity of stationary and flowing human blood at low frequencies. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 30, 636–640 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02446796

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Keywords

  • Deformation of erythrocytes
  • Electric conductivity of blood
  • Electric conductivity of plasma
  • Orientation of erythrocytes