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. 2021 Feb 19;8(2):691–704. doi: 10.1093/jcde/qwab008

Table 2:

Alveolar volumes and lateral surface areas, for the real lung and for the PNNL Q3D lung (FRC ∼ 2600 cc).

Generation Volume (cc) Real lung lateral surface area (cm2) Q3D lung lateral surface area (cm2) Lateral area scaling factor
16 9.209 885.9 140.6 6.30
17 14.154 1469.1 162.1 9.06
18 19.161 2117.5 166.6 12.71
19 30.554 3526 223.6 15.77
20 51.198 6033 300.7 14.9
21 92.178 10860 421.6 20.06
22 159.187 19205 623.3 30.81
23 295.936 35714 1004 35.57
24 1775.01 420323 3649 115