Study of laser beam scattering by inhomogeneous ensemble of red blood cells in a shear flow

S. Yu. Nikitin; A. E. Lugovtsov; V. D. Ustinov; M. D. Lin; A. V. Priezzhev

doi:10.1142/s1793545815500315

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