Airflow modeling of steady inspiration in two realistic proximal airway trees reconstructed from human thoracic tomodensitometric images

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Vial, Laurence ^a,b   Perchet, Diane ^c   Fodil, Redouane ^c   Caillibotte, Georges ^a   Fetita, Catalin ^c   Teux, Franç Oise Pre ^c   Beigelman Aubry, Catherine ^d   Grenier, Philippe ^d   Thiriet, Marc ^b   Isabey, Daniel ^c   Sbirlea Apiou, Gabriela ^a  

^a AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Computer tomography; Navier Stokes equations; Tracheo bronchial tree

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; AIR FLOW MODELING; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; AIRWAY TREES; BREATHING CONDITION; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION; HUMAN AIRWAY; HUMAN BREATHING; INSPIRATORY AIRFLOW; LAMINAR VORTICES; MEDICAL IMAGES; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL SOFTWARE; PATIENT DIAGNOSIS; REALISTIC MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SIMULATION PLATFORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW PATTERNS; TRACHEO-BRONCHIAL TREE; VELOCITY PATTERNS;

AIR; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW FIELDS; FORESTRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644668590     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840500289772     Document Type: Article

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