Regional deposition of particles in an image-based airway model: Large-eddy simulation and left-right lung ventilation asymmetry

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-25

  Lambert, Andrew R ^a,b   O'Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^b   Tawhai, Merryn H ^c   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,d   Lin, Ching Long ^a,b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; DEPOSITION EFFICIENCIES; FLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HUMAN AIRWAY; IMAGE-BASED; JET FLOW; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT DATA; ORAL CAVITY; PARTICLE DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE STOKES NUMBER; REGIONAL VENTILATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; VENTILATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARYNX; LUNG MODEL; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MOUTH CAVITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 78249266316     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.517578     Document Type: Article

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