Figure 1. The principle of the measurement of blood coagulability and the index for factor Xa activity (IMAGE)

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Figure 1. The principle of the measurement of blood coagulability and the index for factor Xa activity

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(top) Citrated whole blood is put between electrodes. When the blood starts coagulation, the permittivity measured by alternating current (AC) increases in relation to the aggregation and deformation of blood cells. (bottom) Temporal change in normalized permittivity at 10MHz is extracted, and the derivative is calculated. The time to reach the maximum value of the derivative is defined as maximum acceleration time (MAT).

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Department of Biofunctional Informatics,TMDU

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