Computational fluid dynamics simulation of airflow and aerosol deposition in human lungs

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-390

  Nowak, Natalya ^a   Kakade, Prashant P ^a   Annapragada, Ananth V ^a  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; CT scan of lung; Real lung; Weibel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AIRFLOW; HUMAN LUNGS; WEIBEL DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TRACHEA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; RHEOLOGY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0037855989     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1560632     Document Type: Article

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