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11016416

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
An anatomically accurate model of the conducting airways is essential for adequately simulating gas mixing, particle deposition, heat and water transfer, and fluid distribution. We have extended a two-dimensional tree-growing algorithm to three dimensions for generation of a host-shape dependent three-dimensional conducting airway model. Terminal branches in the model are both length limited and volume-supplied limited. A limit is imposed on the maximum possible branch angle between a daughter and parent branch. Comparison of the resulting model with morphometric data shows that the algorithm produces branching and length ratios, path lengths, numbers of branches, and branching angles very close to those from the experimental data. The correlation between statistics from the generated model and those from morphometric studies suggests that the conducting airway structure can be described adequately using a "supply and demand" algorithm. The resulting model is a computational mesh that can be used for simulating transport phenomena.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0090-6964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
793-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Generation of an anatomically based three-dimensional model of the conducting airways.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Engineering Science, School of Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. m.tawhai@auckland.ac.nz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies