Studies of the human oropharyngeal airspaces using magnetic resonance imaging. III. The effects of device resistance with forced maneuver and tidal breathing on upper airway geometry

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-336

  McRobbie, Donald W ^a   Pritchard, Susan E ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHARYNX; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INHALATION; LARYNX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OROPHARYNX; PALATE, SOFT; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 25844435642     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2005.18.325     Document Type: Article

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