Assessment of surgical rhinoplastic intervention using biotransport analysis based on medical images

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26630059
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Thermal engineering
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA GAKU 千葉大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (20292667)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 熱工学 / 生体熱工学 / 熱・物質移動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The nose plays an important role by warming inspired air. Thus, modeling of air-conditioning in the nasal cavity is important for evaluating nasal functions. Recently, the nasal cavity geometry is reconstructed from in vivo acquired CT or MRI scans of the nasal passages, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is carried out. The present research investigates the potential for voxel-based modeling of air-conditioning in the nasal cavity to provide a quantitative evaluation of nasal functions of individual subjects. The effectiveness of voxel-based modeling for the predictive assessment of surgical interventions was discussed.

Free Research Field

機械工学