Abstract
Many natural complex systems show peculiar behaviors that are reproduced by computational systems with simple microscopic evolution rules. Here a model that was firstly intruduced for the simulation of submicronic particle deposition and deposit growth is adapted as a model for the pulmonary damage caused precisely by such particles. The model allows to specify the structure of the "pulmonary tree" by means of a dimensionless parameter and also the flow pattern of the inhaled particles (due to air drag and diffusion). The model may qualitatively reproduces particle inhalation profiles obtained through detailed simulations. A continuous decrease of pulmonary volume and oxigenation surface is found, presenting "crises" in both magnitudes. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.
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Rodríguez-Pérez, D., Castillo, J. L., & Antoranz, J. C. (2003). A statistical model of pollution-caused pulmonary crises. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2686, 366–373. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44868-3_47
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