Research Article
Diffusion in Replica Healthy and Emphysematous Alveolar Models Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Table 1
Summary of whole lung models and alveolar models found in the literature.
| Category | Study | Alveolar model geometry | Expanding | Emphysema | Particle deposition | Sedimentation | Diffusion |
| | NCRP [3] | Straight tube | | | X | X | Whole lung models | Yu and Diu (Trumpet) [5] | Straight tube | | | X | X | Anjilvel and Asgharian (MPPD) [4] | Straight tube | | | X | X | | Sturm and Hofmann [12] | Round | | X | X | X |
| Alveolar models | | | | | | | | Tsuda et al. [13] | Round | X | | | | | Darquenne [14] | Round | | | | X | | Haber et al. [15] | Round | X | | | X | Numerical | Sznitman et al. [16] | Round | X | | | | | Kumar et al. [9] | Octahedron | X | | | | | Sznitman et al. [10] | 14-Hedron | X | | X | | |
Harding and Robinson [17] |
Round | X | | | | | Karl et al. [18] | Square | | | | | Experimental | Oakes et al. [19] | Round | X | X | | | Berg et al. [11] | Replica | X | | | | | Berg and Robinson [20] | Replica | X | X | | |
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