A model for transit time distributions through organs that accounts for fractal heterogeneity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 301, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-61

  Weiss, Michael ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow heterogeneity; Inverse Gaussian mixture; Perfused heart; Power law tail; Tracer washout

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; HETEROGENEITY; OUTFLOW; POWER LAW; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FLOW KINETICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGAN CIRCULATION; ORGAN TRANSIT TIME DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW DECAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FRACTALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIVER; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84857377699     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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