Tracer Methods for in Vivo Kinetics. Theory and Applications

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages ix-x
LIST OF SYMBOLS, Pages xi-xiv
CHAPTER 1 - COMPARTMENT ANALYSIS: A SINGLE POOL, REAL OR BY LUMPING, Pages 1-20
CHAPTER 2 - COMPARTMENT ANALYSIS: TWO-POOL OPEN SYSTEMS, Pages 21-44
CHAPTER 3 - COMPARTMENT ANALYSIS: THREE-POOL OPEN SYSTEMS, Pages 45-64
CHAPTER 4 - COMPARTMENT ANALYSIS: FOUR OR MORE POOLS, Pages 65-76
CHAPTER 5 - STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS: THE STEWART–HAMILTON EQUATION, Pages 77-92
CHAPTER 6 - STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS: RATES OF PRODUCTION, DISPOSAL, SECRETION, AND CONVERSION; CLEARANCE, Pages 93-110
CHAPTER 7 - STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS: MEAN TRANSIT TIME, MASS, VOLUME, Pages 111-127
CHAPTER 8 - CLOSED SYSTEMS, CUMULATIVE LOSS, SINKS, Pages 128-144
CHAPTER 9 - CONSTANT INFUSION OF TRACER, Pages 145-162
CHAPTER 10 - NONSTEADY STATE, Pages 163-175
CHAPTER 11 - CIRCULATION RATE MEASURED BY TISSUE SATURATION OR DESATURATION, Pages 176-192
CHAPTER 12 - VARIOUS APPROXIMATIONS FROM CURVES, Pages 193-211
APPENDIX I - DERIVATION OF THE FORMULA FOR SIMPLE EXPONENTIAL LOSS, Pages 213-214
APPENDIX II - MATHEMATICAL SOLUTION OF MULTICOMPARTMENT MODELS IN STEADY STATE, Pages 215-222
APPENDIX III - RELATION OF A RATE RATIO TO VERTICAL SHIFT IN tmax, Pages 223-224
APPENDIX IV - DECONVOLUTION BY NUMERICAL SEQUENCE APPROXIMATION, Pages 225-230
APPENDIX V - SOME DEFINITE INTEGRALS AND DERIVATIVES, Pages 231-232
REFERENCES, Pages 233-234
INDEX, Pages 235-239