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Fluid flow and particle transport in mechanically ventilated airways. Part I. Fluid flow structures

Timothy Van Rhein1, Mohammed Alzahrany2, Arindam Banerjee3

  • 1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA.

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
|November 14, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
CT scanLarge eddy simulationMechanical ventilationPulmonary flowWaveform

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