An expanded bronchopulmonary model validated for heterogeneous lung damage.
Added an engine configuration for expanding the lung model from 2 compartments to 18 compartments representing the bronchopulmonary segments. The engine configuration default is still the 2 compartment lungs, as this new configuration does increase model run time.
Added a heterogeneous primary blast lung injury action modeled after the acute respiratory distress exacerbation action to apply individual damage severities to each lung compartment. Works for both configuration.
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