A note on the compressibility of blood

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ahuja, Avtar S.^{; *} | Bugliarello, George^{; **}

Affiliations: Biotechnology Committee, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, U.S.A.

Note: [*] Present address: 4603 Airways Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38116, U.S.A.

Note: [**] Present address: College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois 60680, U.S.A.

Abstract: The limited literature on the compressibility of blood and of the erythrocyte is reviewed. A disagreement is noted between the experimental values of compressibility obtained by direct measurements of pressure-volume changes and by those obtained by measurements of the velocity of sound propagation in blood.

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1971-7401

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 199-203, 1971