A new statistical method for transfer coefficient calculations in the framework of the general multiple-compartment model of transport for radionuclides in biological systems

Phys Med Biol. 1999 Oct;44(10):2463-81. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/308.

Abstract

A new and simple statistical procedure (STATFLUX) for the calculation of transfer coefficients of radionuclide transport to animals and plants is proposed. The method is based on the general multiple-compartment model, which uses a system of linear equations involving geometrical volume considerations. By using experimentally available curves of radionuclide concentrations versus time, for each animal compartment (organs), flow parameters were estimated by employing a least-squares procedure, whose consistency is tested. Some numerical results are presented in order to compare the STATFLUX transfer coefficients with those from other works and experimental data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Computer Simulation
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Biological*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Plants / metabolism
  • Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics*
  • Software
  • Tissue Distribution

Substances

  • Radioisotopes