Visualization of Flow of Circulating Tumor Cells and Blood Cell Suspensions in Microfluidics

High performance computational models enable scientists and engineers to study the complex transport behavior of circulating tumor cells in blood cell suspensions, providing better designs for microfluidic devices to isolate circulating tumor cells from patient blood samples.

Science:
- Jifu Tan, Northern Illinois University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Michael Hood, Northern Illinois University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Visualization:
- Joseph A. Insley, Northern Illinois University, School of Art and Design; Argonne National Laboratory
- Silvio Rizzi, Argonne National Laboratory
- Janet Knowles, Argonne National Laboratory
- Michael E. Papka, Northern Illinois University, Department of Computer Science; Argonne National Laboratory