Tracer Kinetics in Biomedical Research From Data to Model /

• Main Authors: Cobelli, Claudio (Author), Foster, David (Author), Toffolo, Gianna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical chemistry.; Mathematical models.; Biomathematics.; Statistics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Physical Chemistry.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of Tracer Kinetics
• The Noncompartmental Model of Multipool Systems: Accessible Pool and System Parameters
• The Compartmental model
• Identifiability of the Tracer Model
• Using the Tracer Model to Estimate Kinetic Parameters
• Compartmental Versus Noncompartmental Kinetic Parameters
• Parameter Estimation: Some Fundamentals of Regression Analysis
• Parameter Estimation in Noncompartmental Models
• Parameter Estimation in Compartmental Models
• Precursor-Product Models.