Role of CFD based in silico modelling in establishing an in vitro-in vivo correlation of aerosol deposition in the respiratory tract

F Huang, Q Zhu, X Zhou, D Gou, J Yu, R Li… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective evaluation and prediction of aerosol transport deposition in the human respiratory
tracts are critical to aerosol drug delivery and evaluation of inhalation products …

Tutorial: Understanding the transport, deposition, and translocation of particles in human respiratory systems using Computational Fluid-Particle Dynamics and …

Y Feng, J Zhao, H Hayati, T Sperry, H Yi - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Dynamic modeling of how particulate matter (PM) transport, deposit, and translocate from
human respiratory systems to systemic regions subject to indoor and outdoor exposures are …

Towards whole-lung simulations of aerosol deposition: A model of the deep lung

PG Koullapis, FS Stylianou, J Sznitman, B Olsson… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2020 - Elsevier
In silico methods can be used to estimate regional deposition of inhaled aerosols in regions
of the lung that are inaccessible by direct measurements. Knowledge of deposited dose is …

Analysis of flow field and turbulence predictions in a lung model applying RANS and implications for particle deposition

M Sommerfeld, OL Sgrott Jr, MA Taborda… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Airflow and aerosol deposition in the human airways are important aspects for applications
such as pulmonary drug delivery and human exposure to aerosol pollutants. Numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of airway deformation effect on pulmonary air-particle dynamics: A numerical study

J Zhao, Y Feng, K Koshiyama, H Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Most existing whole lung models neglect the airway deformation kinematics and assume the
lung airways are static. However, neglecting the airway deformation effect on pulmonary air …

An in silico inter-subject variability study of extra-thoracic morphology effects on inhaled particle transport and deposition

Y Feng, J Zhao, C Kleinstreuer, Q Wang, J Wang… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2018 - Elsevier
An understanding of human inter-subject variability is crucial for the implementation of
personalized pulmonary drug delivery as well as exposure assessment of airborne …

Polydisperse aerosol transport and deposition in upper airways of age-specific lung

MS Islam, P Larpruenrudee, SI Hossain… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive understanding of airflow characteristics and particle transport in the
human lung can be useful in modelling to inform clinical diagnosis, treatment, and …

Targeting inhaled aerosol delivery to upper airways in children: Insight from computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

P Das, E Nof, I Amirav, SC Kassinos, J Sznitman - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Despite the prevalence of inhalation therapy in the treatment of pediatric respiratory
disorders, most prominently asthma, the fraction of inhaled drugs reaching the lungs for …

Glottis motion effects on the particle transport and deposition in a subject-specific mouth-to-trachea model: A CFPD study

J Zhao, Y Feng, CA Fromen - Computers in biology and medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Computational Fluid-Particle Dynamics (CFPD) models have been
employed to predict lung aerosol dynamics for decades, estimating the delivery efficiency of …

The effect of oral and nasal breathing on the deposition of inhaled particles in upper and tracheobronchial airways

F Lizal, J Elcner, J Jedelsky, M Maly, M Jicha… - Journal of aerosol …, 2020 - Elsevier
The inhalation route has a substantial influence on the fate of inhaled particles. An outbreak
of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, influenza or tuberculosis depends on the site of …