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Plutonium Biokinetics in Human Body A. Luciani - Kit-Bibliothek - FZK

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from the ICRP 67 model. At the top there is also a brief explanation from which experimental<br />

data (ur<strong>in</strong>ary excretion, fecal excretion, blood content or partition<strong>in</strong>g ratio from autopsy<br />

studies) they were estimated or calculated. The affected compartments of the gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al<br />

tract are also <strong>in</strong>cluded.<br />

The ma<strong>in</strong> characteristics of the work models that are <strong>in</strong>troduced and discussed <strong>in</strong> the<br />

presented paragraph are summarized <strong>in</strong> Table 3.1.11.<br />

1 Transfer rates derived from blood activity<br />

2 Transfer rates optimized on ur<strong>in</strong>ary excretion<br />

soft tissue<br />

ST2<br />

soft tissue<br />

ST0<br />

soft tissue<br />

ST1<br />

Deleted<br />

Connection<br />

1<br />

kidney<br />

tissue<br />

ur<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

path<br />

2<br />

gonads liver 2 liver 1<br />

bladder<br />

content<br />

ur<strong>in</strong>e<br />

2<br />

2<br />

3<br />

blood<br />

cortical<br />

marrow<br />

cortical<br />

surface<br />

cortical<br />

volume<br />

Figure 3.1.12 The start<strong>in</strong>g model <strong>in</strong> the optimization procedure (ICRP67-a-Polig) with the<br />

affected gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al tract compartments. The transfer rates successively<br />

modified are also po<strong>in</strong>ted out with numbered arrows.<br />

First of all Figure 3.1.8 suggests that the transfer rate from the ST0 soft tissue<br />

compartment almost exclusively determ<strong>in</strong>es the activity <strong>in</strong> the blood for the first 20 days after<br />

the <strong>in</strong>jection. At longer time the effect is approximately constant and comparable to the<br />

contribution of other organs and tissues. Therefore this pathway was <strong>in</strong>spected first for the<br />

possibility of improv<strong>in</strong>g the model’s predictions for activity <strong>in</strong> blood at short time (Figure<br />

3.1.7) just by vary<strong>in</strong>g the transfer rate from ST0 compartment to the blood. For this purpose<br />

blood activity content was calculated by adopt<strong>in</strong>g transfer rate values uniformly distributed<br />

around the ICRP67 transfer rate assumed as central value. For each transfer rate the value of<br />

the F target function was calculated us<strong>in</strong>g the reference data set for blood activity content at<br />

short time. It turns out that a value of 0.139 d -1 (half-life 5 d) for the transfer rate from<br />

compartment ST0 to blood (arrow 1 <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.1.12) is more appropriate than the ICRP value<br />

102<br />

3 Transfer rates derived from autopsy data<br />

4 Transfer rates derived from fecal excretion<br />

3<br />

trabecular<br />

marrow<br />

trabecular<br />

surface<br />

trabecular<br />

volume<br />

Modified skeleton model<br />

4<br />

4<br />

small<br />

<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />

upper large<br />

<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />

lower large<br />

<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />

feces

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