Is the SARS CoV-2 omicron variant deadlier and more transmissible than delta variant?

BV Duong, P Larpruenrudee, T Fang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genetic variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have
been globally surging and devastating many countries around the world. There are at least …

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 …

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 …

Numerical study of nano and micro pollutant particle transport and deposition in realistic human lung airways

M Rahman, M Zhao, MS Islam, K Dong, SC Saha - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
For respiratory health risk assessment, it is essential to evaluate the transportation and
deposition (TD) of pollutant particles in human lung airways, which are responsible for lung …

Automated detection of broncho-arterial pairs using CT scans employing different approaches to classify lung diseases

S Azam, AKMRH Rafid, S Montaha, A Karim… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Current research indicates that for the identification of lung disorders, comprising
pneumonia and COVID-19, structural distortions of bronchi and arteries (BA) should be …

A fully automatic segmentation pipeline of pulmonary lobes before and after lobectomy from computed tomography images

H Pang, Y Wu, S Qi, C Li, J Shen, Y Yue, W Qian… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective Lobectomy is a curative treatment for localized lung cancer. The
study aims to construct an automatic pipeline for segmenting pulmonary lobes before and …

In vitro–in silico correlation of three-dimensional turbulent flows in an idealized mouth-throat model

E Nof, S Bhardwaj, P Koullapis, R Bessler… - PLOS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There exists an ongoing need to improve the validity and accuracy of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) simulations of turbulent airflows in the extra-thoracic and upper airways …

Effects of preserving the pulmonary vagus nerve branches on cough after pneumonectomy during video-assisted thoracic surgery

S Gu, W Wang, X Wang, K Wu, X Zhang, S **e… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Cough is one of the most common complications of early-stage non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The vagus nerve …

Aerosol particle transport and deposition in upper and lower airways of infant, child and adult human lungs

MM Rahman, M Zhao, MS Islam, K Dong, SC Saha - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding transportation and deposition (TD) of aerosol particles in the human
respiratory system can help clinical treatment of lung diseases using medicines. The lung …

[HTML][HTML] Factors and potential treatments of cough after pulmonary resection: a systematic review

X Li, X Li, W Zhang, Q Liu, Y Gao, R Chang… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cough is a common complication following pulmonary resection. Persistent and severe
cough after pulmonary resection can cause significant impairments in quality of life among …