The Finite Element Simulation of the Upper Airway of Patients with Moderate and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

<div>The 3D model after importing to the ANSYS workbench. The grey structures show the soft tissues of the nasal cavity, tongue, and soft palate. The blue represents bony structures. In (b), the rest of the skull is simplified to a box of hard tissue.</div>

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Figure 2: The Finite Element Simulation of the Upper Airway of Patients with Moderate and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome 