Interplay Between Optimal Ventilation and Gas Transport in a Model of the Human Lung

Ventilation is at the origin of a spending of energy coming from air circulation in the bronchial tree and from the mechanical resistance of the tissue to motion. Both amplitude and frequency of ventilation are submitted to a trade-off related to this energy, but they are also submitted to a constra...

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Main Authors: Frédérique Noël, Benjamin Mauroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00488/full