Impact of inferior turbinate hypertrophy on the aerodynamic pattern and physiological functions of the turbulent airflow - a CFD simulation moDel

Rhinology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Chen, Xiao Bing ^a   Lee, Heow Pueh ^a   Chong, Vincent Fook Hin ^b   Wang, De Yun ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Nasal cavity; Nasal obstruction; Physiology; Shear stress; Turbulent airflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBINATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHEOLOGY; TURBINATES;

EID: 77953008680     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhin09.093     Document Type: Article

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