Lumen areas and homothety factor influence airway resistance in COPD

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Bokov, Plamen ^a,b,c   Mauroy, Benjamin ^b   Revel, Marie Pierre ^a   Brun, Pierre Amaury ^d   Peiffer, Claudine ^a,c   Daniel, Christel ^a,e,f   Nay, Maria Magdalena ^d   Mahut, Bruno ^a,c   Delclaux, Christophe ^a,c,e  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c Mosquito Respiratory Research Group   (France)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Airway; COPD; CT scan; Homothety; Lung model; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HOMOTHETY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 77955424032     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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