Biologically variable respiration as a stochastic process in ventilation - a stochastic model study

Kyongyob Min; Keita Hosoi; Masayuki Degami; Yoshinori Kinoshita

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-5692-7_11

Biologically variable respiration as a stochastic process in ventilation - a stochastic model study

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010:669:53-5. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5692-7_11.

Authors

Kyongyob Min¹, Keita Hosoi, Masayuki Degami, Yoshinori Kinoshita

Affiliation

¹ Respiratory Unit of Internal Medicine, Itami City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan. in1007@poh.osakamed.ac.jp

PMID: 20217320
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5692-7_11

Abstract

Based on the fractal bronchial tree, we introduced a function of "asynchronous phasic contractions of lobular bronchiole", which would generate fluctuations in tidal volumes. Stochastic control theory was able to describe a genesis of biological variability in spontaneous respirations using a Schroedinger wave function.

MeSH terms

Models, Biological*
Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology*
Respiration*
Stochastic Processes