Abstract

Light scattering by red blood cells (RBC) has attracted significant attention in recent years for quantitative study of RBC deformation under shear and their effects in blood viscosity.^1-7 However, all existing analytical tools are based on the Mie theory and various diffraction approximations which do not provide accurate results on the distribution of scattered light by red blood cells with nonspherical shapes which varies in response to pressure, physiological and pathological conditions.

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