Numerical modelling of nanoparticle deposition in the nasal cavity and the tracheobronchial airway

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 633-643

  Inthavong, Kiao ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; CFD; Deposition; Nanoparticle; Nasal cavity

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY TREES; BROWNIAN FORCES; BROWNIAN MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; LAGRANGIAN; NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION; NASAL CAVITY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; RADIAL DISPERSION; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

DEPOSITION;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

BRONCHI; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NASAL CAVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 79961074375     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.493510     Document Type: Article

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