Numerical analysis of micro- and nano-particle deposition in a realistic human upper airway

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-49

  Farhadi Ghalati, Pejman ^a   Keshavarzian, Erfan ^a   Abouali, Omid ^a   Faramarzi, Abolhassan ^b   Tu, Jiyuan ^c   Shakibafard, Alireza ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TABA Medical Imaging Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Human Upper Airway; Micro particle; Nano particle

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CT-SCAN IMAGES; DEPOSITION FRACTIONS; EULERIAN APPROACH; HOT SPOT; HUMAN UPPER AIRWAY; INHALED PARTICLES; LAGRANGIAN; MICRO-PARTICLE; MICRO-PARTICLES; NASAL CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; UPPER AIRWAY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

MICROPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EULERIAN APPROACH; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; LARYNX; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INHALATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855162774     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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