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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Proc IEEE Inst Electr Electron Eng. 2005 Apr 1;93(4):784–799. doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2005.844266

Table 2.

List of Parameters Used in Table 1 and Corresponding Symbols

Symbol Parameter
Ktrans volume transfer constant between the blood plasma and the extravascular extracellular space (min−1)
kep rate constant between the extravascular extracellular space and blood plasma (min−1)
ve volume of the extravascular extracellular space per unit volume of tissue i.e. the volume fraction of
the extravascular extracellular space (%)
F flow of whole blood per unit mass of tissue (ml g−1 min−1)
E initial extraction ratio
P permeability of the vessel wall (cm min−1)
S surface area per unit mass of tissue (cm2 g−1)
P tissue density (g ml−1)
n whole blood volume per unit volume of tissue
MTT mean transit time
λ tissue blood partition coefficient (ml/g)
rCBV relative cerebral blood volume
rCBF relative cerebral blood flow
FWHM full-width half-maximum