Table 2. Oral airway mean diameters of seven realistic mouth throat models† based on MRI scans (13).
Model | Idealized ‡ | S1a§ | S1b§ | S2 | S4 | S5a§ | S5b§ | S3 | Mean±SD |
dmean | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.21±0.43 |
†The model includes Caucasian male and female subjects aged 23-43 years; ‡Subject representing average geometry of actual subjects; §Model with intrasubject geometric configurations.