Mechanical properties of the respiratory system derived from morphologic insight

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 949-959

  Ionescu, Clara M ^a   Segers, Patrick ^a   De Keyser, Robin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airways; Electrical transmission lines; Fractals; Input impedance; Mechanical properties; Modeling; Morphology; Navier x2013; Stokes; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; AIRWAY REMODELING; AIRWAYS; BRONCHIAL TREE; CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES; INPUT IMPEDANCE; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION LINE; TUBE LENGTH; WALL ELASTICITY; WALL THICKNESS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC LINES; FRACTALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FLOW RATE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 67149113430     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2007807     Document Type: Article

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