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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
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