Webinar
Simulating airflow in dynamic airway models: toward a deeper understanding of airway collapse
by Alister Bates, Antoon Dierckx, Javier Garriz
About this webinar
The road to developing meaningful, innovative solutions to improve patient care and clinical outcomes typically starts with the pursuit of a deep understanding of a particular disease. During this webinar, Alister Bates, PhD, will discuss how he applies Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to simulate airflow in the upper/central airways while they are moving. To make these simulations match the reality as close as possible, anatomical models are created based on dynamic CT/MRI scans of real-life patients.
Looking ahead, this novel simulation work has the potential to better equip clinicians in diagnosing and selecting the right treatment for e.g. patients with sleep apnea, or infants suffering from tracheomalacia.
What you will learn
- How to convert dynamic CT/MRI images into an accurate 3D model of complex, thin anatomies (like the upper airways)
- How to apply CFD to create a simulation on moving 3D anatomical models
- How realistic airflow modeling brings potential value to the future diagnostics and treatment selection for respiratory diseases
Speakers
Alister Bates
Instructor in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Alister Bates, PhD is an instructor in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Alister’s research focuses on the human airways and how they are altered under various disease conditions. Currently he is researching airway behavior in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and tracheomalacia (TM) in babies born premature and with congenital abnormalities.
Alister Bates
Instructor in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Alister Bates, PhD is an instructor in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Alister’s research focuses on the human airways and how they are altered under various disease conditions. Currently he is researching airway behavior in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and tracheomalacia (TM) in babies born premature and with congenital abnormalities.
Antoon Dierckx
Innovation Manager - Materialise Medical
Antoon Dierckx
Innovation Manager - Materialise Medical
Javier Garriz
Marketing manager
Javier joined Siemens in 2016, and has been serving as marketing manager for the Simcenter Energy and Medical Device campaigns in the Simulation & Test Solutions business segment. Javier holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering, with an emphasis in Computational Fluid Dynamics, from the University of Alabama.
Javier Garriz
Marketing manager
Javier joined Siemens in 2016, and has been serving as marketing manager for the Simcenter Energy and Medical Device campaigns in the Simulation & Test Solutions business segment. Javier holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering, with an emphasis in Computational Fluid Dynamics, from the University of Alabama.
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