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  • n  a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)
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  • Thicker Than Water: Medical Researchers Use Light to Quickly and Easily Measure Blood's ...
    Published in OSA's open-access journal Biomedical Optics Express, "Assessing Blood Coagulation Status with Laser Speckle Rheology" describes optical device that, with few drops of blood and within few minutes, measures key coagulation parameters to provide caregivers with timely information about clotting properties of patient's blood. Senior author Seemantini Nadkarni defined team's goal as to ...
    Feb. 27, 2014 - ThomasNet
  • Light used to quickly, easily measure blood's clotting properties
    Defective blood coagulation is one of the leading causes of preventable death in patients who have suffered trauma or undergone surgery. Now, a new optical device requires only a few drops of blood and a few minutes to measure the key coagulation parameters that can guide medical decisions, like how much blood to transfuse or what doses of anticoagulant drugs to administer. The new device has ...
    Feb. 25, 2014 - Science Daily

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