Toward personalized nasal surgery using computational fluid dynamics

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 305-310

  Rhee, John S ^a   Pawar, Sachin S ^a   Garcia, Guilherme J M ^b   Kimbell, Julia S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TURBINATE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80155135811     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2011.18     Document Type: Article

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