A computer model for the clearance of insoluble particles from the tracheobronchial tree of the human lung

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 680-690

  Sturm, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clearance; MS Excel ; Multi compartment model; Particle retention; Tracheobronchial tree; Transfer rate

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHYSIOLOGY; SOLS;

BRONCHIAL CLEARANCE; COMPUTER MODELS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (GIT); TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER MODEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LUNG MODEL; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BRONCHI; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 33947190048     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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