What can imaging tell us about physiology? Lung growth and regional mechanical strain

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 937-946

  Hsia, Connie C W ^a   Tawhai, Merryn H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computational model; Deformation analysis; Functional imaging; High resolution computed tomography; Lung development; Pneumonectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG RESECTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LUNG; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; REGENERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84866379246     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00289.2012     Document Type: Article

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