Table 1.
Base case flow and metabolism parameters.
Parameter | Characteristic (SI) Unit | STARS Unit |
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Sinusoid Porosity Φsin | 0.7854 | 0.7854 |
Sinusoid Permeability Ksin | 1.125 μm2 | 1.140 Darcy |
Sinusoid Effective Diffusion Dsin | 4.2 × 10−10 m2/s | 2.5 × 10−4 cm2/min |
Tissue Effective Diffusion Dtis | 4.2 × 10−11 m2/s | 2.5 × 10−5 cm2/min |
Maximum Rate vmax * | 0.06 μM/min | 1.08 × 10−9 molefrac/min |
Half Saturation Constant Km * | 10.0 μM | 1.8 × 10−7 molfrac |
Linear Rate vmax/Km * | 6.0 × 10−3 min−1 | 6.0 × 10−3 min−1 |
Blood Viscosity | 3.5 × 10−3 Pa s | 3.5 cpoise |
Young’s Modulus E | 5 × 103 Pa | 5 kPa |
Poisson’s Ratio, v | 0.35 | 0.35 |
Biot’s Constant, α | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Skempton’s Coefficient Sk | 1.0 | 1.0 |
(1 Darcy = 0.9869 µm2 in engineering permeability units) * Paclitaxel kinetic elimination Michaelis–Menten parameters converted from Vaclavikova et al. [239], their Table 4. |