A multiscale MDCT image-based breathing lung model with time-varying regional ventilation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 244, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-192

  Yin, Youbing ^a,b   Choi, Jiwoong ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   Tawhai, Merryn H ^c   Lin, Ching Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary condition; Image registration; MDCT; Multiscale; Pulmonary air flow; Regional ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LAMINAR FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AIR FLOW; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGES REGISTRATION; LUNG MODEL; LUNG VOLUME; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTISCALE; PULMONARY AIR FLOW; REGIONAL VENTILATION; TIME VARYING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 84878483181     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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