Pre-surgery planning tool for estimation of resection volume to improve nasal breathing based on lattice Boltzmann fluid flow simulations.

Purpose: State-of-the-art medical examination techniques (e.g., rhinomanometry and endoscopy) do not always lead to satisfactory postoperative outcome.

Agreement between rhinomanometry and computed tomography-based computational fluid dynamics.

Purpose: Active anterior rhinomanometry (AAR) and computed tomography (CT) are standardized methods for the evaluation of nasal obstruction. Recent attempts to correlate AAR with CT-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have been controversial. We aimed to investigate this correlation and agreement based on an in-house developed procedure.

Nasal cavity airflow: Comparing laser doppler anemometry and computational fluid dynamic simulations.

Objective parameters to assess the physical flow conditions of breathing are scarce and decisions for surgery, e.g. nasal septum correction, mainly rely on subjective surgeon judgment.