Assessment of whole blood structure and dynamics in vitro and in vivo by laser light scattering

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Priezzhev ◽  
Olga M. Ryaboshapka ◽  
Natalia B. Savchenko ◽  
Nikolai N. Firsov ◽  
Vladimir V. Kolinko
1997 ◽  
Vol 106 (10) ◽  
pp. 859-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Paltieli ◽  
Ludwig Podoshin ◽  
Milo Fradis ◽  
Hala Shiti ◽  
Jacob Ben-David ◽  
...  

The mucociliary system is one of the most important airway defense mechanisms, and knowledge of the mucociliary wave frequency (MWF) is important in the understanding of this system. Employing a laser light scattering technique and a thin, flexible fiberoptic probe, we developed and tested a simple and practical device for real-time in vivo measurements of mucociliary activity in the human nose. The laser instrument is user-friendly and does not produce any discomfort to the patient. The mean ± SE of MWF of 36 measurements in 16 normal subjects was 7.7 ± 0.5 Hz. The mean MWF of 17 measurements in 7 patients with allergic rhinitis was 5.5 ± 0.2 Hz (p < .005), and the mean MWF of 56 measurements in 17 patients with septum deviation was 5.8 ± 0.2 Hz (p < .001). The instrument presented in this study might provide a new and convenient method of studying the mucociliary activity in the respiratory tract.


1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-643
Author(s):  
D.B. Sattelle ◽  
P.B. Buchan

An apparatus is described by means of which the power versus frequency spectrum of the photomultiplier current can be obtained for laser light scattered by streaming cytoplasm in the algal cell Chara corallina. A Doppler peak is noted in the spectrum which is abolished when cytoplasmic streaming is arrested by electrical stimulation. For 5 cells of Chara, this simple laser-Doppler velocimeter gave streaming velocities (46-7 mum s-1, S.D. +/− 4–8 at 20 degrees C) similar to those obtained for the same cells using the light microscope (44-3 mum s-1, S.D. +/− 5-3 at 20 degrees C). A narrow distribution of streaming velocities is indicated. The technique described provides a rapid, quantitative assay of the in vivo rheological properties of cytoplasm.


Biochemistry ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (20) ◽  
pp. 6136-6144 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chris Gamblin ◽  
Michelle E. King ◽  
Hana Dawson ◽  
Michael P. Vitek ◽  
Jeff Kuret ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 221-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Tomida ◽  
Satoshi Iino ◽  
Masakatsu Nishikawa ◽  
Hiroyoshi Hidaka

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