The accelerating complexity and variety of medical imaging devices and methods have
outpaced the ability to evaluate and optimize their design and clinical use. This is a …

Structural and functional complexities of the mammalian lung evolved to meet a unique set
of challenges, namely, the provision of efficient delivery of inspired air to all lung units within …

Within a time span of only a few months, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has managed to spread
across the world. This virus can spread by close contact, which includes large droplet spray …

The charge of this Joint ATS/ERS Task Force was to critically review the state-of-the-art
stereological methods in lung morphometry, provide practical guidelines for use of these …

Introduction: Respiratory drug delivery is a surprisingly complex process with a number of
physical and biological challenges. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a scientific …

Pulmonary drug delivery has gained great interest as an important subject of research over
the past decades given the lung diseases which are affecting millions of people suffer from …

Susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) beyond cigarette smoking is
incompletely understood, although several genetic variants associated with COPD are …

Computational modelling of the lungs is an active field of study that integrates computational
advances with lung biophysics, biomechanics, physiology and medical imaging to promote …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies of airflow in a digital reference model of the 17-
generation airway (bronchial tree) were accomplished using the FLUENT® computational …

Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a core intensive care unit (ICU) therapy.
Significant inter-and intra-patient variability in lung mechanics and condition makes …