Assessments of nasal bone fracture effects on nasal airflow: A computational fluid dynamics study

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE FRACTURE; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NASAL BONE; NASAL CAVITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551516537     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3565     Document Type: Article

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