A computer model for the simulation of fiber-cell interaction in the alveolar region of the respiratory tract

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 565-573

  Sturm, R ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Compartment model; Fiber; Interstitium; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; ALVEOLAR REGIONS; ALVEOLAR SURFACE; BIOSOLUBLES; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER MODELS; INTERSTITIUM; LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT; SHORT FIBER; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; FIBERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACROPHAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CLEARANCE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLYSIS; FIBER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS;

EID: 79959213859     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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