A simplified model of airway narrowing due to bronchial mucosal folding

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Donovan, Graham M ^a   Tawhai, Merryn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Basement membrane; Bronchoconstriction; Mathematical modelling; Mucosal folding

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; COMPUTER MODEL; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 77950983235     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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