A planar finite element model of bolus containment in the oral cavity

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1472-1478

  Nicosia, Mark A ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Finite element modeling

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

AIRWAY PROTECTION; DYSPHAGIA; ORAL CAVITY; SPILLAGE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; MOUTH CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RHEOLOGY; TONGUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34547611617     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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