Title :
Numerical Simulation of Air Flow in the Human Nasal Cavity
Author :
Wang, Kezhou ; Denney, Thomas S., Jr. ; Morrison, Edward E. ; Vodyanoy, Vitaly J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Auburn Univ., AL
Abstract :
A highly automated method was used to construct numerical models of six 3-D human right nasal cavities from computed tomography data. Steady state airflow simulations were performed with computational fluid dynamics software for quiet breath on the six models. The method is validated with particle simulations. Simulation results from each of the six studies are compared
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; computerised tomography; flow simulation; pneumodynamics; 3-D human right nasal cavities; computational fluid dynamics; computed tomography; numerical simulation; particle simulations; quiet breath; steady state airflow simulations; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Humans; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nose; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615757
