Leble, VladimirDias, Ricardo P.Lima, Rui A.Fernandes, Carla S.Ishikawa, TakujiImai, YohsukeYamaguchi, Takami2012-06-262012-06-262011Leble, Vladimir; Dias, Ricardo P.; Lima, R.; Fernandes, Carla S.; Ishikawa, Takuji; Imai, Yohsuke; Yamaguchi, Takami (2011). Motions of trace particles and red blood cells in a PDMS microchannel with a converging bifurcation. In Japan-Portugal Nano-Biomedical Engineering Symposium 2011. Bragança e Portohttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/7065This paper presents microflow visualizations of both pure water and red blood cells (RBCs) in a converging bifurcation. The visualizations are a combination of results obtained from a confocal micro-PTV system and an image analysis technique known as “Zproject” from ImageJ. Our preliminary qualitative results suggest that the cell-free layer that is formed in middle of the microchannel (after confluence apex) may play an important role on RBCs trajectories.engconference object