Microvascular Dynamics: Insights and Applications
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hemodynamics and microcirculation in health and disease; biofluid dynamics and mechanics; biomedical imaging and bio-microscopy, both in vitro and in vivo (in animals and humans); biomedical and computer engineering and informatics
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Interests: cell culture; endothelial cells; thrombocytes; cell biology; hypertension; biomaterials; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular medicine; microalgae
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the first microscopic observation of the capillaries by Marcello Malpighi in the 17th century, about three and a half centuries have passed, but only recently have reliable studies appeared with statistics on microvascular dynamic parameter quantification and especially flow quantification in vitro in animals and humans.
Microvascular dynamics can be affected by a variety of factors, such as microvessel geometry, fluid rheology, cell aggregability and deformability, special proteins and drugs, local tissue, and pathological conditions such as microthrombosis, sickle cell disease, retinopathy, and nephropathy. In addition, microvascular dynamic quantities such as velocity and aggregation can be used as biomarkers in medicine to characterize a normal or abnormal biological process, disease, or pharmacological response.
The scope of this Special Issue is to accept original research and reviews on the latest developments in microvascular dynamics. Articles can describe diverse insights into microvascular dynamics from in vitro and in silico measurements and modeling, new molecular mechanisms, animal models, and preclinical or clinical studies. In addition, technological advances in imaging hardware and software methods and setups are welcome.
Dr. Aristotle G. Koutsiaris
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Jung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microvessels
- dynamics
- velocity
- flow
- rheology
- in vitro
- animals
- humans
- biomarkers
- imaging
- simulations
- models
- preclinical
- clinical
