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Papers on Digital Lung Modelling and CFD

Please add your name to the Read By list at the end of each link to ensure our resources are used wisely, we should aim to have each paper read by just 2 members, preferably the papers should correspond to their area of responsibilty within the group.

Lin, CL; Tawhai, MH; McLennan, G; Hoffman, EA 2009 Multiscale Simulation of Gas Flow in Subject-Specific Models of the Human Lung IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 28 (3), 25-33. (Read by All)
Mauroy, B; Filoche, M; Weibel, ER; Sapoval, B 2004 An Optimal Bronchial Tree May Be Dangerous Nature 427 (6975), 633-636. (Read by All)
Lin, CL et al PowerPoint presentation on Multiscale Simulation of Gas Flow in Subject-Specific Models of the Human Lung (Read By Toby and Tom)
Horsfield, K; Dart, G; Olson, DE; Filley, GF; Cumming, G 1971 Models of the Human Bronchial Tree Journal of Applied Physiology Vol. 31 207-217 (Read by Dan, Toby and Tom)
Liang, H; Li, Y; Zhang, C; Zhu, J; 2008 Air Flow and Solid Particle Deposition Patterns in a Lung Airway Model I. J. Trans. Phenomena Vol. 10 277-291(Read By Ben and Toby)
J.W. De Backer et al. 2007 Flow analyses in the lower airways: Patient-specific model and boundary conditions Medical Engineering and Physics Journal 30 872-879 Ref (Read By Dan, Toby and Tom)
Yin, YB; Choi, JW; Hoffman, EA; Tawhai, MH; Lin, CL 2010 Simulation of pulmonary air flow with a subject-specific boundary condition J. of Biomechanics 43 (11), 2159-2163. (Read by Dan)
Kleinstreuer, C; Zhang, Z 2010 Airflow and Particle Transport in the Human Respiratory System Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 42, 301-334. WoS (Read by Dan and Tom)
Yang XL, Liu Y, So RMC, Yang JM 2006 The effect of inlet velocity profile on the bifurcation COPD airway flow Computers in Biology and Medicine 36, 181- 194. WoS (Read by Chin Soon)
Stroev PV, Hoskins PR, Easson WJ 2007 Distribution of wall shear rate throughout the arterial tree: A case study Artherosclerosis 191, 276 -280. WoS (Read by Chin Soon)
De Backer, JW; Vos, WG; Devolder, A; Verhulst, SL; Germonpré, P; Wuyts, FL; Parizel, PM; De Backer, W 2008 Computational fluid dynamics can detect changes in airway resistance in asthmatics after acute bronchodilation J. of Biomechanics 41 (1), 106-113. WoS (Read By Dan)
T. Gemci^a,b, V. Ponyavin^a, Y. Chen^a,b, H. Chen^a, and R. Collins^bCFD Simulation of Airflow in a 17-Generation Digital Reference Model of the Human Bronchial Tree http://www.experts.com/resources/content/rcollins1_gen_lung.pdf (Read by Toby)
Materialise Presentation 'Pneumonology' (Read By Ben)
The Burden of Lung Disease, British Thoracic Society Paper 2001(Read By Ben and Tom)
The Burden of Lung Disease 2nd Edition., British Thoracic Society Paper 2006(Read By Ben and Tom)

Further papers can be found on the AirPROM Reference Page.

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