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Bright-field illuminated normal and rigidified erythrocytes undergoing shear at (A) 0 and (B) 1000 s−1 for RBC deformability assessment using the Linkam Shearing Stage. Normal RBCs elongate becoming ellipsoidal under shear stress while the rigid cells remain circular.
