Measurement of pharyngeal cross-sectional area by finite element analysis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 294-303

  Mansour, Khaled F ^a   Rowley, James A ^a,b   Badr, M Safwan ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasopharynx; Sleep; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONREM SLEEP; PHARYNX; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 33644823685     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00364.2005     Document Type: Article

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