Flow analyses in the lower airways: Patient-specific model and boundary conditions

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 872-879

  De Backer, J W ^a,b   Vos, W G ^a,b   Gorle C D ^b,c   Germonpre P ^a   Partoens, B ^b   F L Wuyts, ^b   Parizel, P M ^a   De Backer, W ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airway modeling; Boundary conditions; Computational fluid dynamics; Functional imaging; Patient specific

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY LIMITS; AIRWAY MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; CFD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT SCANNING; DRIVING PRESSURE; FLOW-THROUGH; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; IMAGING METHODS; INERTIAL EFFECTS; INTERNAL FLOW DYNAMICS; INTERNAL FLOWS; LUNG VENTILATION; ONE STEP; PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; SPECIFIC GEOMETRY; TUBULAR SYSTEMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849112323     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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