A case series on lung deposition analysis of inhaled medication using functional imaging based computational fluid dynamics in asthmatic patients: Effect of upper airway morphology and comparison with in vivo data

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Vinchurkar, Samir ^a   De Backer, Lieve ^b   Vos, Wim ^a   Van Holsbeke, Cedric ^a   De Backer, Jan ^a   De Backer, Wilfired ^b  

^a FLUIDDA NV   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Computational fluid dynamics; in vivo; Lung deposition; Patient specific airway models

Indexed keywords

FORMOTEROL;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATION; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AEROSOLS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856380875     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.644351     Document Type: Article

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