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. 2021 Nov 22;12:730418. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.730418

Table 2.

Overview of fixed model parameters.

Physiological parameter Description Value Unit Comment References
BW Body weight 75 kg Reference adult male 73 kg, female 60 kg. Value in typical range. ICRP, 2002
HEIGHT Body height 170 cm Reference adult male 176 cm, female 163 cm. Value in typical range. ICRP, 2002
COBW Cardiac output per body weight 0.83 ml/s/kg Cardiac output: male 6.5 l/min = 1.48 ml/s/kg (73 kg), female 5.9 l/min = 1.34 ml/s/kg (60 kg); 0.83–1.66 ml/s/kg. Value at lower end of range. de Simone et al., 1997; ICRP, 2002
HCT Hematocrit 0.51 - Reference adult male 0.45, female 0.42; 45%. Value at higher end of range Vander et al., 2001; Herman, 2016
LI__ICGIM_ki_bil Bilirubin inhibition constant of hepatic ICG uptake 0.02 mM Reference 0.3–0.9 mg/dl = 0.005–0.015 mmole/l Kawasaki et al., 1988
Fblood Fraction of organ volume that is blood vessels 0.02 - -
FVgi Fractional tissue volume gastrointestinal tract 0.0171 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVli Fractional tissue volume liver 0.021 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVlu Fractional tissue volume lung 0.0297 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVve Fractional tissue volume venous blood 0.0587 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVar Fractional tissue volume arterial blood 0.0184 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVbi Fractional tissue volume bile 0.00071 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVpo Fractional tissue volume portal vein 0.001 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FVhv Fractional tissue volume hepatic vein 0.001 l/kg Value from reference. ICRP, 2002; Jones and Rowland-Yeo, 2013
FQgi Fractional blood flow gastrointestinal tract 0.19 - Value from reference. ICRP, 2002
FQh Fractional blood flow hepatic vein 0.255 - Value from reference. ICRP, 2002
Mr_icg Molecular weight of ICG 774.96 g/mole Value from reference. CHEBI:31696
ti_icg Injection time of ICG 5 s Typical injection times 3–10 s. Value in range. -
Fit parameter Description Value Unit
LI__ICGIM_Vmax Vmax of liver import 0.037 mmole/min/l
LI__ICGIM_Km Km of liver import 0.0217 mM
LI__ICGLI2CA_Vmax Vmax of bile excretion 0.000944 mmole/min/l
LI__ICGLI2CA_km Km of bile excretion 0.0124 mM
LI__ICGLI2BI_Vmax Vmax of bile transport 0.000114 1/min
Scan parameter Description Value Unit
f_bloodflow Scaling factor of hepatic blood flow 1 -
f_cardiac_output Scaling factor of cardiac output 1 -
f_cirrhosis Scaling factor of the severity of cirrhosis. Combination of f_shunts and f_tissue_loss 0 -
f_shunts Fraction of blood shunted around the liver 0 -
f_tissue_loss Fraction of lost liver tissue 0 -
resection_rate Fraction of resected liver volume 0 -
LI__f_oatp1b3 Scaling factor of transport protein amount 1 -