Visualization of respiratory flows from 3D reconstructed alveolar airspaces using X-ray tomographic microscopy

Journal of Visualization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Sznitman, J ^a   Sutter, R ^c   Altorfer, D ^c   Stampanoni, M ^b,c   Rosgen T ^c   Schittny, J C ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar flow; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Pulmonary acinus; Synchrotron radiation X ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958099892     PISSN: 13438875     EISSN: 18758975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12650-010-0043-0     Document Type: Article

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