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Refereed journal articles

Simulation of pulmonary air flow with a subject-specific boundary condition, Yin, Y., Choi, J., Hoffman, E. A., Tawhai, M. H., and Lin, C.-L. 2010. J Biomech, 43(11): 2159-63.
A multiscale, spatially distributed model of asthmatic airway hyper-responsiveness, Politi, A. Z., Donovan, G. M., Tawhai, M. H., Sanderson, M. J., Lauzon, A.-M., Bates, J. H. T., and Sneyd, J. 2010. J Theor Biol, 266(4): 614-624.
The effect of intracellular calcium oscillations on fluid secretion in airway epithelium, Warren, N. J., Tawhai, M. H., and Crampin, E. J. 2010. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 265(3): 270-277.
Coupling of lung tissue tethering force to fluid dynamics in the pulmonary circulation, Burrowes, K. S. and Tawhai, M. H. 2010. International Journal For Numerical Methods In Biomedical Engineering, 26(7): 862-875.
Numerical Study of High-Frequency Oscillatory Air Flow and Convective Mixing in a CT-Based Human Airway Model, Choi, J., Xia, G., Tawhai, M. H., Hoffman, E. A., and Lin, C.-L. 2010. Ann Biomed Eng.
The Role of Airway Epithelium in Replenishment of Evaporated Airway Surface Liquid From the Human Conducting Airways, Warren, N. J., Crampin, E. J., and Tawhai, M. H. 2010. Ann Biomed Eng.
Contribution of serial and parallel microperfusion to spatial variability in pulmonary inter- and intra-acinar blood flow, Clark, A. R., Burrowes, K. S., and Tawhai, M. H. 2010. Journal of Applied Physiology, 108(5): 1116-1126.
Airway wall stiffening increases peak wall shear stress: a fluid-structure interaction study in rigid and compliant airways, Xia, G., Tawhai, M. H., Hoffman, E. A., and Lin, C.-L. 2010. Ann Biomed Eng, 38(5): 1836-53.
A simplified model of airway narrowing due to bronchial mucosal folding, Donovan, G. M. and Tawhai, M. H. 2010. Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 171(2): 144-50.
Mathematical modelling of calcium wave propagation in mammalian airway epithelium: evidence for regenerative ATP release, Warren, N. J., Tawhai, M. H., and Crampin, E. J. 2010. Exp Physiol, 95(1): 232-49.
Species-Specific Pulmonary Arterial Asymmetry Determines Species Differences in Regional Pulmonary Perfusion, Burrowes, K. S., Hoffman, E. A., and Tawhai, M. H. 2009. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 37(12): 2497-2509.
The lung physiome: merging imaging-based measures with predictive computational models, Tawhai, M. H., Hoffman, E. A., and Lin, C.-L. 2009. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 1(1): 61-72.
Multiscale modeling in computational biomechanics, Tawhai, M., Bischoff, J., Einstein, D., Erdemir, A., Guess, T., and Reinbolt, J. 2009. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE, 28(3): 41-49.
On intra- and intersubject variabilities of airflow in the human lungs, Choi, J., Tawhai, M. H., Hoffman, E. A., and Lin, C.-L. 2009. Physics of Fluids, 21(10).
Supine and prone differences in regional lung density and pleural pressure gradients in the human lung with constant shape, Tawhai, M. H., Nash, M. P., Lin, C.-L., and Hoffman, E. A. 2009. Journal of Applied Physiology, 107(3): 912-920.
The effects of geometry on airflow in the acinar region of the human lung, Kumar, H., Tawhai, M. H., Hoffman, E. A., and Lin, C.-L. 2009. Journal of Biomechanics, 42(11): 1635-1642.
A mathematical model of calcium-induced fluid secretion in airway epithelium, Warren, N. J., Tawhai, M. H., and Crampin, E. J. 2009. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 259(4): 837-849.
Computational Fluid Dynamics Multiscale Simulation of Gas Flow in Subject-Specific Models of the Human Lung, Lin, C.-L., Tawhai, M. H., McLennan, G., and Hoffman, E. A. 2009. Ieee Engineering In Medicine and Biology Magazine, 28(3): 25-33.
Modelling pulmonary blood flow, Tawhai, M. H. and Burrowes, K. S. 2008. Respiratory Physiology amp; Neurobiology, 163(1-3): 150-157.
Towards a virtual lung: multi-scale, multi-physics modelling of the pulmonary system, Burrowes, K. S., Swan, A. J., Warren, N. J., and Tawhai, M. H. 2008. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366(1879): 3247-3263.
Characteristics of the turbulent laryngeal jet and its effect on airflow in the human intra-thoracic airways, Lin, C.-L., Tawhai, M. H., McLennan, G., and Hoffman, E. A. 2007. Respiratory Physiology amp; Neurobiology, 157(2-3): 295-309.
Computational predictions of pulmonary blood flow gradients: Gravity versus structure, Burrowes, K. S. and Tawhai, M. H. 2006. Respiratory Physiology amp; Neurobiology, 154(3): 515-523.
Computational models of structure-function relationships in the pulmonary circulation and their validation, Tawhai, M., Burrowes, K., and Hoffman, E. 2006. Experimental Physiology, 91(2): 285-293.
Identifying airways responsible for heterogeneous ventilation and mechanical dysfunction in asthma: an image functional modeling approach (vol 99, pg 2388, 2005), Tgavelekos, N., Tawhai, M., Harris, R., Musch, G., Vidal-Melo, M., Venegas, J., and Lutchen, K. 2006. Journal of Applied Physiology, 100(3): 1096-1096.
An imaging-based computational approach to model ventilation distribution and soft-tissue deformation in the ovine lung, Tawhai, M., Nash, M., and Hoffman, E. 2006. Academic Radiology, 13(1): 113-120.
Investigation of the relative effects of vascular branching structure and gravity on pulmonary arterial blood flow heterogeneity via an image-based computational model, Burrowes, K. S., Hunter, P. J., and Tawhai, M. H. 2005. Acad Radiol, 12(11): 1464-74.
Anatomically based finite element models of the human pulmonary arterial and venous trees including supernumerary vessels, Burrowes, K. S., Hunter, P. J., and Tawhai, M. H. 2005. J Appl Physiol, 99(2): 731-8.
Integration from proteins to organs: the IUPS Physiome Project, Hunter, P., Smith, N., Fernandez, J., and Tawhai, M. 2005. Mech Ageing Dev, 126(1): 187-92.
The comprehensive imaging-based analysis of the lung: A forum for team science, Hoffman, E., Clough, A., Christensen, G., Lin, C., McLennan, G., Reinhardt, J., Simon, B., Sonka, M., Tawhai, M., van Beek, E., and Wang, G. 2004. Academic Radiology, 11(12): 1370-1380.
CT-based geometry analysis and finite element models of the human and ovine bronchial tree, Tawhai, M., Hunter, P., Tschirren, J., Reinhardt, J., McLennan, G., and Hoffman, E. 2004. Journal of Applied Physiology, 97(6): 2310-2321.
Modeling RBC and neutrophil distribution through an anatomically based pulmonary capillary network, Burrowes, K. S., Tawhai, M. H., and Hunter, P. J. 2004. Ann Biomed Eng, 32(4): 585-95.
Modeling water vapor and heat transfer in the normal and the intubated airways, Tawhai, M. H. and Hunter, P. J. 2004. Ann Biomed Eng, 32(4): 609-22.
Anatomically based geometric modelling of the musculo-skeletal system and other organs, Fernandez, J. W., Mithraratne, P., Thrupp, S. F., Tawhai, M. H., and Hunter, P. J. 2004. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2(3): 139-155.
Multiscale Modeling for the Lung Physiome, Tawhai, M. H. and Ben-Tal, A. 2004. Cardiovascular Engineering, 4(1): 19-26.
Computational physiology and the physiome project, Crampin, E., Halstead, M., Hunter, P., Nielsen, P., Noble, D., Smith, N., and Tawhai, M. 2004. Experimental Physiology, 89(1): 1-26.
Developing integrative computational models of pulmonary structure, Tawhai, M. H. and Burrowes, K. S. 2003. Anat Rec B New Anat, 275(1): 207-18.
Characterising respiratory airway gas mixing using a lumped parameter model of the pulmonary acinus, Tawhai, M. and Hunter, P. 2001. Respiration Physiology, 127(2-3): 241-248.
Multibreath washout analysis: modelling the influence of conducting airway asymmetry, Tawhai, M. H. and Hunter, P. J. 2001. Respiration Physiology, 127(2-3): 249-258.
Generation of an anatomically based three-dimensional model of the conducting airways, Tawhai, M., Pullan, A., and Hunter, P. 2000. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 28(7): 793-802.

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