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Clinical and Biomedical Engineering in the Human Nose

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The convergence of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with otorhinolaryngology has provided an avenue for a multidisciplinary approach to observe nasal physiology. This chapter provides a history of its beginnings to its advances that parallel with increased computational power, and a discussion on how it could be applied to specific clinical applications. Furthermore, the challenges in bringing the techniques to be used as a diagnostic for clinical practice is discussed.

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Inthavong, K., Wong, E., Tu, J., Singh, N. (2021). Clinical and Biomedical Engineering in the Human Nose. In: Inthavong, K., Singh, N., Wong, E., Tu, J. (eds) Clinical and Biomedical Engineering in the Human Nose. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6716-2_1

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