Effects of oral airway geometry characteristics on the diffusional deposition of inhaled nanoparticles

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Xi, Jinxiang ^a   Longest, P Worth ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrathoracic airway deposition; Microdosimetry; Oropharynx variability; Respiratory dosimetry; Respiratory particle dynamics; Ultrafine aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATOMIZERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PHOTORESISTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCANS; DEPOSITION EFFICIENCIES; DIFFUSIONAL DEPOSITION; DIFFUSIONAL TRANSPORT; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW REGIMES; FUTURE MODELS; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; GEOMETRY CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL DEPOSITION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER (LRN); MAJOR FACTOR; NANO PARTICLES; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; REALISTIC MODELING; RESPIRATORY TRACTS; REYNOLDS (CO); SCHMIDT NUMBER (SC); SHERWOOD NUMBERS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY (TU); ULTRA FINE AEROSOLS; WIDER RANGE;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; GLOTTIS; INHALATION; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LARYNX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; INHALATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 47149100319     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2838039     Document Type: Article

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