Erythrocyte

In recent years there has been an increased interest in light scattering by the human red blood cell, also known as erythrocyte. For experimental studies the scanning flow cytometer (SFC) can be used to measure the light scattering pattern of individual cells.
Knowledge about the theoretical light scattering behavior promises to enable advanced analysis of human blood cells.
For fast computation of light scattering by the erythrocyte both the Null-field Method with Discete Sources (NFM-DS) and the Discrete Sources Method (DSM) have been developed within a collaborative project with Valeri Maltsev, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russia.

• Eremina, E., Hellmers, J., Eremin, Y., Wriedt, T. "Different shape models for erythrocyte: Light scattering analysis based on the discrete sources method", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 102 (1) 3-10 (2006). 

• Hellmers, J., Eremina, E., Wriedt, T. "Simulation of light scattering by biconcave Cassini ovals using the nullfield method with discrete sources", Journal of Optics A-Pure and Applied Optics, 8 (1) 1-9 (2006). 

• Wriedt, T., Hellmers, J., Eremina, E., Schuh, R. "Light scattering by single erythrocyte: Comparison of different methods", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 100 (1-3) 444-456 (2006).

• Eremina, E., Eremin, Y., Wriedt, T. "Analysis of light scattering by erythrocyte based on discrete sources method", Optics Communications, 244 (1-6) 15-23 (2005).