Changes of airflow pattern in inferior turbinate hypertrophy: A computational fluid dynamics model

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Lee, Heow Pueh ^a   Poh, Hee Joo ^b   Chong, Fook Hin ^a   Wang, De Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Minimum cross sectional area (MCA); Nasal airflow; Nasal cavity; Nasal obstruction; Nasal physiology; Three dimensional nasal cavity model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SMELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBINATE; VALIDATION STUDY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYPEROSTOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHEOLOGY; TURBINATES;

EID: 67650308652     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3287     Document Type: Article

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