A compartmental model for capillary supply

Authors

  • Liang Sun School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA, USA Author
  • Junkoo Park School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA, USA Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30707/LiB4.1Sun

Keywords:

Diffusion, Capillary supply, Microcirculation

Abstract

Oxygen diffusion for time-dependent diffusion and consumption can be measured for small tissue regions containing a single capillary. An all or none model is reflected by myocardial infarction where necrotic regions are clearly demarcated. However if there is more than one capillary, the problem becomes very difficult; since the boundary of the ischemic area is no longer circular and is not known a priori. A geometric compartmental model using the Fick’s method will be presented for multi-capillary supply. Our method is to approach the steady state by a transient process, which paradoxically may be more efficient than the steady-state problem.

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Published

2017-01-01

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Research

How to Cite

A compartmental model for capillary supply. (2017). Letters in Biomathematics, 4(1), 133–147. https://doi.org/10.30707/LiB4.1Sun