Transient Dynamics Simulation of Airflow in a CT-Scanned Human Airway Tree: More or Fewer Terminal Bronchi?

Figure 5

The wall shear stress at different time points. (a) for the whole airway tree at 0.8 s (inhaling phase); (b) for one enlarged region (rectangle shadow in Figure 5(a)) at 0.8 s (inhaling phase); (c) for the whole airway tree at 3.4 s (exhaling phase); (d) for one enlarged region (rectangle shadow in Figure 5(c)) at 3.4 s (exhaling phase).

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