Computational modeling of airway and pulmonary vascular structure and function: Development of a "lung physiome"

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-336

  Tawhai, M H ^a   Clark, A R ^a   Donovan, G M ^b   Burrowes, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoconstriction; Multiscale; Perfusion; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE;

BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; MULTISCALE; MULTISCALE FINITE ELEMENT; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; RESPIRATORY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACTIN; CALCIUM; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ARTERIOLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; BRONCHOSPASM; CAPILLARY WALL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GRAVITY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MODEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROCIRCULATION; MORPHOMETRICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOFT TISSUE; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENULE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 80054122223     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i4.50     Document Type: Review

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