Simulation of upper airway occlusion without and with mandibular advancement in obstructive sleep apnea using fluid-structure interaction - Zhao, Moyin; Barber, Tracie; Cistulli, Peter A.; Sutherland, Kate; Rosengarten, Gary (Journal of biomechanics, 2013)
Keywords: Air Pressure; Airway Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Airway Obstruction - physiopathology; Airway Obstruction - surgery; Airway occlusion; Airways; CFD; Collapse; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer Simulation; Fluid dynamics; FSI; Geometry; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Mandibular Advancement; MAS; Mathematical models; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; MRI; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Oropharynx - diagnostic imaging; Oropharynx - physiopathology; OSA; Patients; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Radiography; Simulation; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnostic imaging; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - surgery; Studies; Upper airway; CFD; MRI; Airway occlusion; OSA; FSI; MAS; Upper airway