Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 637-651 , July 2007

Numerical investigation on the flow characteristics and aerodynamic force of the upper airway of patient with obstructive sleep apnea using computational fluid dynamics

  • Soo-Jin Jeong
    • ,
  • Woo-Seung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sa-1-Dong, Ansan-si, Kyunggi-do 425-791, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 31 400 5248; fax: +82 31 418 0153.
    • ,
  • Sang-Jin Sung

Received 7 March 2006 ,Revised 4 July 2006 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00174-3

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.017

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 637-651 , July 2007

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