Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 328-336 , April 2009

Study of tracheal collapsibility, compliance and stress by considering its asymmetric geometry

  • Zhongzhao Teng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 508 831 6725.
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  • Ignacio Ochoa

      Affiliations

    • Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain
    • ,
  • Zhiyong Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Manuel Doblare

      Affiliations

    • Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain

Received 27 September 2007 ,Revised 29 May 2008 ,Accepted 5 June 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00106-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.06.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 328-336 , April 2009

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