Measurement, reconstruction, and flow-field computation of the human pharynx with application to sleep apnea

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2535-2548

  Lucey, A D ^a   King, A J C ^a   Tetlow, G A ^a   Wang, J ^a   Armstrong, J J ^b   Leigh, M S ^b   Paduch, A ^b   Walsh, J H ^c   Sampson, D D ^b   Eastwood, P R ^b,c   Hillman, D R ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Image processing; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Sleep apnea; Upper airway anatomy

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CLOSURE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CROSS SECTION; CT SCAN; FLOW MECHANISMS; IN-VIVO; INVASIVENESS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; PRESSURE REGIONS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; REALTIME IMAGING; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; SIDE WALLS; SLEEP APNEA; SOFT PALATES; TIME-AVERAGED; UPPER AIRWAY;

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DEFORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SLEEP RESEARCH; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; INHALATION; MEASUREMENT; PHARYNX; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77956917278     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2052808     Document Type: Article

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