: The effectiveness of inhaled drugs is strictly related to areas reachable by drug particles.
Unless particles reach the desired part of the bronchial tree, their influence might not meet …

To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of aerosol therapy for the lower and upper respiratory
airways, particle deposition at the human laryngeal region has been analyzed with various …

Chronic respiratory illness afflicts more than a billion people worldwide. In recent years
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been established as a paramount tool for studying …

Background: Intranasal medications are commonly used in treating nasal diseases.
However, technical details of the correct usage of these medications for nasal cavity with …

Understanding the impact of inhaler mouthpiece sizes on particle transport and deposition in
the human upper airway is important to optimize inhaler designs toward improving the …

Background The anatomical configurations of respiratory tract would be directly associated
with their ventilatory function. It is necessary to fully understand the association between …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to perform computer simulations of
flow within an accurate model of a pediatric airway with subglottic stenosis. It is believed that …

The present work describes the local deposition patterns of therapeutic aerosols in the
oropharyngeal airways, healthy and diseased bronchi and alveoli using computational fluid …

This paper presents a computational and experimental study of steady inhalation in a
realistic human pharyngeal airway model. To investigate the intricate fluid dynamics inside …

Investigation of the effect of sidewall and carinal tumours, airway constrictions and airway
blockage on the inspiratory airflow and particle deposition in the large central human …