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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Taherian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872714 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Communications biology 20191121
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity might be correlated to the flow characteristics of the upper airways. We aimed to investigate the severity of OSA based on 3D models constructed from CT scans coupled with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The CT scans of seven adult patients diagnosed with OSA were used to reconstruct the 3D models of the upper airways and CFD modeling and analyses were performed. Results from the fluid simulations were compared with the apnea-hypopnea index. ...[more]