A blood circulation model for reference man
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Health Sciences Research Div.
- Indiana Univ., South Bend, IN (United States). Div. of Liberal Arts and Sciences
This paper describes a dynamic blood circulation model that predicts the movement and gradual dispersal of a bolus of material in the circulation after its intravascular injection into an adult human. The main purpose of the model is to improve the dosimetry of internally deposited radionuclides that decay in the circulation to a significant extent. The total blood volume is partitioned into the blood contents of 24 separate organs or tissues, right heart chambers, left heart chambers, pulmonary circulation, arterial outflow to the systemic tissues (aorta and large arteries), and venous return from the systemic tissues (large veins). As a compromise between physical reality and computational simplicity, the circulation of blood is viewed as a system of first-order transfers between blood pools, with the delay time depending on the mean transit time across the pool. The model allows consideration of incomplete, tissue-dependent extraction of material during passage through the circulation and return of material from tissues to plasma.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 684475
- Report Number(s):
- ORISE-99-0164-Vol.2; CONF-960536-PROC.-Vol.2; ON: DE99002904; TRN: IM9943%%166
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 69; Journal Issue: 2; Conference: 6. international radiopharmaceutical dosimetry symposium, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 7-10 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1999; Related Information: Is Part Of Sixth international radiopharmaceutical dosimetry symposium: Proceedings. Volume 2; S.-Stelson, A.T. [ed.] [comp.]; Stabin, M.G.; Sparks, R.B. [eds.]; Smith, F.B. [comp.]; PB: 401 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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