Substance deposition assessment in obstructed pulmonary system through numerical characterization of airflow and inhaled particles attributes

Substance deposition assessment in obstructed pulmonary system through numerical characterization of airflow and inhaled particles attributes

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are considered as the two most widespread obstructive lung diseases, whereas they affect more than 500 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, the requirement for detailed geometric models of the lungs in combination with t...

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Main Authors: Antonios Lalas, Stavros Nousias, Dimitrios Kikidis, Aris Lalos, Gerasimos Arvanitis, Christos Sougles, Konstantinos Moustakas, Konstantinos Votis, Sylvia Verbanck, Omar Usmani, Dimitrios Tzovaras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Computational fluid dynamics
Fluid particle tracing
Obstructive lung diseases
Aerosol deposition
Human airways
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0561-y

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