Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5428730 | Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Using a simple theoretical model we have obtained approximate relations between the characteristics of particles modeling red blood cells and the parameters of the diffraction pattern produced by a laser beam diffracted in the ektacytometer. Laser beam diffraction by an ensemble of transparent elliptical discs with different shapes is considered. We have shown a feasibility of measuring certain parameters of the particles distribution in shapes by using the laser ektacytometry technique.
⺠We consider laser beam diffraction by an ensemble of transparent elliptical discs. ⺠We justify modeling the shear-deformed erythrocytes by transparent elliptical discs. ⺠We analyze intensity distributions in the diffraction patterns of a laser ektacytometer. ⺠We show that the patterns are sensitive to shape distributions of the particles. ⺠Theoretical and experimental results agree well in case of bimodal distribution.