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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 May 21;46(9):1309–1324. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-2047-1

Table 1.

Comparison of the flow rates calculated by CFD simulation and those measured during the PIV experiments.

Pulmonary model branch QCFD (cm3/s) QPIV (cm3/s) Relative difference with respect to QPIV (%)

MPA (inlet) 95.00 94.97 +0.03
RPA 36.08 36.28 −0.55
LPA 39.32 39.22 +0.25
TA 19.59 22.28 −12.1