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. 2021 Feb 28;7(1):35–54. doi: 10.52601/bpr.2021.200041

Table 1. Morphological and hemodynamic parameters for different tumour networks with varying degrees of necrosis.

Parameter Unit Non-necrotic Necrotic (3%) Necrotic (26%) Literature data Reference
Morphological parameter
Tumour tissue volume mm3 14.137 14.137 14.137
Vascular density Inline graphic % 0.250 0.245 0.226 0.15−1.25

Kuszyk et al. 2001; Nagy et al. 2012; Sitohy et al. 2012

Length density Inline graphic mm/mm3 10.675 9.740 9.067 10−72

Kim et al. 2012

Surface area to volume ratio (vascular) (S/V)

mm2/mm3 216.677 211.224 210.328 122−376

Chugh et al. 2009

Maximum extravascular diffusion distance (R)

μm 172.683 180.779 187.371 30−250

Konerding et al. 2001

Mean vessel diameter μm 16.074 16.833 16.776 5−225

Hashizume et al. 2000; Less et al. 1991

Mean vessel length mm 0.191 0.188 0.189 0.06−0.3

Less et al. 1991; Pathak et al. 2011

Hemodynamic parameter
Mean flow nL/min 2.163 1.704 1.379
Mean velocity mm/s 0.233 0.209 0.171 0.1−25

Brizel et al. 1993; Kamoun et al. 2010

Shear stress Pa 0.699 0.661 0.543 1−10

Pries et al. 2001