The rheological behavior of human somatic liquids is important in biological and medical studies. Today the rheological measurement of biofluids trends toward minimization of fluid samples. This paper deals with a microrheometer able to test a small sample less than 1 ml. The instrument, as a next generation of the oscillating magnetic microrheometer, features incorporation of CCD photoelectronic detection, white noise, and digital signal processing techniques. Using the instrument a high-resolution measurement and a real time analysis of signals may be achieved. The results measured by the instrument are very accurate.

Date Published: 1 April 1993
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 1982, Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Technology and Applications '93, (1 April 1993); doi: 10.1117/12.142059

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1982:
Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Technology and Applications '93
LiWei Zhou, Editor(s)