@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00011324,
 author = {岩崎, 智憲 and IWASAKI, Tomonori},
 journal = {鹿児島大学歯学部紀要},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is not rare and is recognized as a major health problem. 
Currently, the primary treatment advocated for OSAS is surgical treatment of the airway. Unfortunately, surgery's success rate is relatively low because the obstruction site of the upper airway varies considerably. 
Therefore, an examination extending from the nose to the hypopharynx is crucial to precisely locate the obstruction. This examination can be carried out using a variety of techniques, including nasopharyngoscopy, fluoroscopy, pressure measurements, CT and MRI. But, these method are not always well correlated with either the respiratory disturbance or the location of the obstruction. For the aforementioned reasons, establishing a specific method to simultaneously evaluate the morphology and function of the whole upper airway is indispensable to successful surgical treatment of OSAS. A newly developed method combining CT and fluid-mechanical simulation (FMS) was introduced in this study. The results of FMS may be more reliable and can be evaluated more precisely than a morphological evaluation alone. Future comparisons between simulations and other functional results will be needed to prove this method's validity and efficiency.},
 pages = {59--70},
 title = {上気道流体シミュレーションを用いた通気状態評価の臨床応用},
 volume = {31},
 year = {2011}
}