Generation of an Anatomically Based Three-Dimensional Model of the Conducting Airways

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 793-802

  Howatson Tawhai, M ^a   Pullan, A J ^b   Hunter, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computational model; Lungs; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034231008     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1289457     Document Type: Article

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