Computational fluid dynamics modelling of human upper airway: A review

WM Faizal, NNN Ghazali, CY Khor, IA Badruddin… - Computer methods and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objective Human upper airway (HUA) has been widely investigated by
many researchers covering various aspects, such as the effects of geometrical parameters …

Wearable ultrasound devices: An emerging era for biomedicine and clinical translation

H Hu, C Hu, W Guo, B Zhu, S Wang - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, personalized diagnosis and treatment have gained significant recognition
and rapid development in the biomedicine and healthcare. Due to the flexibility, portability …

Ultrasound measurements for evaluation of changes in upper airway during anaesthesia induction and prediction difficult laryngoscopy: a prospective observational …

X Wang, Y Wang, ZW Zheng, YR Liu, WH Ma - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Upper airway collapsibility after anaesthesia induction may be associated with
unpredictable difficult airway. However, most works on airway anatomy are tended to …

Point-of-care ultrasound for obstructive sleep apnea screening: are we there yet? A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Singh, A Tuteja, DT Wong, A Goel… - Anesthesia & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Perioperative diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has important
resource implications as screening questionnaires are overly sensitive, and sleep studies …

Insights into the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A Kalkanis, D Testelmans, D Papadopoulos… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a slee** disorder caused by complete or partial
disturbance of breathing during the night. Existing screening methods include questionnaire …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the severity of obstructive sleep apnea during wakefulness using speech: A review

B TaghiBeyglou, I Čuljak, F Bagheri… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic breathing disorder during sleep that affects 10-
30% of adults in North America. The gold standard for diagnosing OSA is polysomnography …

Imaging of adult obstructive sleep apnoea

A Whyte, D Gibson - European Journal of Radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterised by recurrent upper airway collapse during
sleep resulting in chronic and repetitive hypoxia, hypercapnia, subsequent arousal and …

Association of backscattered ultrasonographic imaging of the tongue with severity of obstructive sleep apnea in adults

SYC Liu, PFN Bosschieter… - … –Head & Neck …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Determining interventions to manage obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) depends
on clinical examination, polysomnography (PSG) results, and imaging analysis. There …

Using standardized ultrasound imaging to correlate OSA severity with tongue morphology

PFN Bosschieter, SYC Liu, PY Chao, A Chen… - Sleep Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract (max. 250 words) Background Ultrasound imaging has been explored as a
potential diagnostic tool for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); we reported backscatter …

[HTML][HTML] Sagittal measurement of tongue movement during respiration: comparison between ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging

BCH Kwan, L Jugé, SC Gandevia, LE Bilston - Ultrasound in Medicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The tongue makes up the anterior pharyngeal wall and is critical for airway patency.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to study pharyngeal muscle function …