A reconstructed nasal cavity from CT-scans. The nasal cavity is in .tin file format. The demographic data for the model is a healthy 25 year old, healthy non-smoking Asian male (170 cm height, 75 kg mass)
Journal publications using this model:
NASAL SPRAY DRUG DELIVERY
Inthavong, K. Tian ZF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue C (2008) Optimising nasal spray parameters for efficient drug delivery using computational fluid dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine 38(6):713-26.
Tian ZF, Inthavong, K. Tu JY (2007) Deposition of inhaled wood dust in the nasal cavity. Inhalation Toxicology 19(14):1155-65
Inthavong, K. Tian ZF, Li HF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue CL (2006) A numerical study of spray particle deposition in a human nasal cavity. Aerosol Science Technology 40(11):1034-45
INHALATION TOXICOLOGY
King Se CM, Inthavong, K. Tu J. (2010) Inhalability of micron particles through the nose and mouth. Inhalation Toxicology 22(4):287-300.
Inthavong, K. Tu JY, Ahmadi G. (2009) Computational modelling of gas-particle flows with different particle morphology in the human nasal cavity Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows 1(1):57-82
Wang SM, Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tu JY, Xue CL (2009) Comparison of micron- and nanoparticle deposition patterns in a realistic human nasal cavity. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 166(3):142-151
Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tian ZF, Tu JY. (2008) Numerical study of fibre deposition in a human nasal cavity. Journal of Aerosol Science 39(3):253-65.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Inthavong, K. Tu J, Ye Y, Ding S, Subic A, Thien F. (2010) Effects of airway obstruction induced by asthma attack on particle deposition. Journal of Aerosol Science 41(6):587-601.
Inthavong, K. Choi L-T, Tu J, Ding S, Thien F. (2010) Micron particle deposition in a tracheobronchial airway model under different breathing conditions. Medical Engineering ;amps Physics 32(10):1198-212.
Se, C., Inthavong, K. and Tu, J.Y. (2010). Unsteady particle deposition in a human nasal cavity during inhalation. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows 2:207-218
Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tu JY, Tian ZF, (2009) From CT scans to CFD modelling fluid and heat transfer in a realistic human nasal cavity. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 3(3):321-35.
Wen J, Inthavong, K. Tu JY, Wang S (2008) Numerical simulations for detailed airflow dynamics in a human nasal cavity. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 161:125-35