Effect of lung morphology on particle deposition in the airways

Principal Investigator

Name
Uduak George

Degrees
Ph.D.

Institution
San Diego State University

Position Title
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Email
ugeorge@sdsu.edu

About this CDAS Project

Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
NLST-694

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Jul 17, 2020

Title
Effect of lung morphology on particle deposition in the airways

Summary
In this project, I will develop mathematical models to study particle deposition in the airways. Numerical simulations of particle deposition will be carried-out on airways segmented from CT images of lungs. The goal is to investigate how lung morphology affect particle deposition.

Aims

- Segmentation of lung airways from CT images
- Generation of finite element mesh for lung airways
- Numerical simulations of particle deposition in the airways

Collaborators

Mona Eskandari, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside