Derivation of Gamma Variate Indicator Dilution Function from Simple Convective Dispersion Model of Blood Flow

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Journal Med Phys

Specialty Biophysics

Date 1984 Sep 1

PMID 6390118

Citations 8

Authors

M D Harpen

M L Lecklitner

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Abstract

The gamma variate function, commonly used to analyze time-activity curves obtained in nuclear medicine flow studies, is shown to be related to the solution to the differential equation obtained from a one-dimensional convective dispersive model of blood flow.

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