Research Article
On the Stability of Lung Parenchymal Lesions with Applications to Early Pneumothorax Diagnosis
Table 2
List of parameters.
| Parameter (variable) | Value | Citation |
| Material parameters (, , ) | N·m−2, 1.26, N·m−2 | Denny and Schroter, 2006 [8] | Undeformed lesion thickness () | m | Amjadi et al., 2007 [15] | Undeformed lesion radius () | m | Amjadi et al., 2007 [15] | Resistance of bronchiole network () | 1 mmHgsL−1 | Ben-Tal, 2006 [13] | Pressure at infinity () | 0 mmHg | Imposed | Pleural fluid viscosity () | 1.39– Pa·s | Yetkin et al., 2007 [16] | Pleural fluid density () | 980.3 kg·m−3 |
Rubins and Manning, “Pleural Effusion Workup” [17] | Solid membrane viscosity () | Pa·s | Girnyk et al., 2006 [18] | Membrane density () | 1050 kg·m−2 | Shah and Humphrey, 1999 [14] | Atmospheric pressure | 760 mmHg | Ben-Tal, 2006 [13] |
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