A Computer Model for the Simulation of Nonspherical Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory Tract

<table>Regional, that is, extrathoracic (ET), bronchial (BB), and bronchiolar/alveolar (bb + ALV), deposition of spheres (<svg height="16.6625" id="M128" style="vertical-align:-3.56265pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 37.587502 16.6625" width="37.587502" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>), fibers, and oblate disks for three different size categories: (a, b) 0.1 <i>μ</i>m, (c, d) 1.0 <i>μ</i>m, and (e, f) 10 <i>μ</i>m.</table>

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Figure 4: A Computer Model for the Simulation of Nonspherical Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory Tract 