Evaluation and comparison of nasal airway flow patterns among three subjects from Caucasian, Chinese and Indian ethnic groups using computational fluid dynamics simulation

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Zhu, Jian Hua ^a   Lee, Heow Pueh ^a   Lim, Kian Meng ^a   Lee, Shu Jin ^b   Wang, De Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airflow; CFD; Ethnic group; Nasal cavity; Nasal index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CAVITY; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78650172723     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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