Ý

Shear rate (1/s)

h

Dynamic medium viscosity (mPa*s; 1 Poise = 100 mPa*s).

F

Orientation angle.

t

Shear stress (Pa; 1 Dyne/cm2 = 0.1 Pa).

Isc

Back-scatter intensity (au = arbitrary units).

I

Intensity parameter resulting from curve fit.

au

Arbitrary units.

s

Time, seconds.

Pa

Shear stress, Pascal (1 Pa = 10 Dynes/cm2).

mPa.s

Dynamic viscosity (1 mPa.s = 1 cP (centi-Poise)).

mm

Distance, millimeter.

°C

Temperature, degrees Centigrade.

A

Vertical axis of diffraction pattern (pixels)

B

Horizontal axis of diffraction pattern (pixels).

EI

Elongation Index (1).

R

Image aspect ratio (%).

Eof

Error of fit (au), average distance of the edge pixels to the best-fit ellipse.

Isc dis

Back-scatter intensity during disaggregation phase (au).

Upstroke

Height of syllectogram upstroke (au).

Isc top

Back-scatter intensity of syllectogram peak (au).

Isc ½

Back-scatter intensity after one syllectogram half-life (au).

Isc0

Syllectogram base level (au).

Amp

Syllectogram amplitude (au).

AreaA

Area above syllectogram (first 10 s) (au*s).

AreaB

Area below syllectogram (first 10 s) (au*s).

AI

Aggregation Index (%).

t top

Time to reach syllectogram peak after cup cessation (s).

t ½

Syllectogram half-life (s)

FSAR

Flow to Stasis Aggregation Ratio (1).

Eof

Root of mean square sum of 300 syllectogram samples uniformly spaced on a log time scale (au).

Ir

RBC-shape recovery contribution (au), result of curve fit.

Tr

RBC-shape recovery time constant (s), result of curve fit.

If

RBC-rouleaux formation contribution (au), result of curve fit.

Tf

RBC-rouleaux formation time constant (s), result of curve fit.

Is

RBC-3D aggregate formation contribution (au), result of curve fit.

Ts

RBC-3D aggregate formation contribution (s), result of curve fit.

I₀

Syllectogram base level (au) result of curve fit.

Isc max

Highest back scatter intensity found during iteration procedure (au).

Ý at Isc max

Shear rate (1/s at Isc max.

dIsc min

Lowest back scatter intensity found during iteration with intermediate disaggregation (au).

ý at min

Shear rate (1/s at dIsc min.

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NaN

Not a Number (when, e.g., a parameter cannot be calculated)

RBC

Red Blood Cell

SD

Standard deviation